Ayahuasca News

On a sunny day in august 2014, Brenda* swallowed a capsule of MDMA—a component often present in the illegal street drug known as Molly or Ecstasy—donned eyeshades, and reclined on a therapist’s couch in Boulder. From the time she was three until she was 12, Brenda had been sexually and physically tortured by her father, and from as early as she can remember, she had suffered from acute anxiety, depression, and hypervigilance, all symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

El marco de referencia, basado en la química, adoptado por la Convención Única de la ONU está equivocado en la manera culturalmente sesgada y falsamente ‘científica’ en que se ha aplicado a distintas plantas.

Drug use is common, drug addiction is rare. About 1 in 3 adults will use an illegal drug in their lifetime, but most will suffer no long-term harm.

I’m going to share a productivity, planning and organizational hack that will change your life.

Emily Witt on Erowid, a Web site to which millions turn for information about drugs.

Wavy Gravy and Merry Prankster Ken Babbs recall the first Acid Test and the Lysergic A Go Go, 50 years after they occurred.

In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world. Whole languages and mythologies are vanishing, and in some cases even entire indigenous groups are falling into extinction. This is what makes the news that a tribe in the Amazon have created a 500-page encyclopedia of their traditional medicine all the more remarkable.

En busca de los secretos detrás de las explosiones de color del artista Carlos Jacanamijoy, nos devolvimos a su infancia y perseguimos sus huellas. Encontramos un lugar donde los seres sobrenaturales se pasean por las calles y donde la vida transcurre «pensando bonito». Viaje en el tiempo con tres paradas.

Given the fact that ayahuasca has shown promise in research studies, we feel we not only have the humane duty to help those in need, but also the responsibility to ensure the reputation of ayahuasca and her traditional stewards among decision-makers in our own culture. This will allow us to continue holding space for research to continue, while protecting traditional practices. Because of the colossal challenges inherent in navigating multicultural spaces and the lack of understanding outside of the anthropological community regarding conflicting paradigms of urban capitalism and jungle reciprocity, we must do our best as North Americans to prepare those in our own communities who are called to this experience prior to their trip. This preparation will include full, informed consent, education on safety, cultural expectations and differences, and what to do in the case that further help is needed upon return, offering 24-hour confidential counseling and connection to integrative therapists.

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An analysis of the challenges associated with the globalisation of ayahuasca.

Globalisation has facilitated cultural exchange between indigenous traditions and Western practices, which has led to a growing interest in the ritual, religious and therapeutic use of ayahuasca.

The Manual of Psychedelic Support is a guide to providing compassionate care to people having difficult drug experiences at festivals and similar events.

Regular doses of acid have become the creativity enhancer of choice for some professionals

To Olivier, today's common perception of work as a burden we must bear to finance our living is one of the biggest misconceptions of our time. Looking at the...