The “Traditional” Ayahuasca Ceremony Is Probably a Recent Invention
An ayahuasca ceremony is a ritual dedicated to immersing yourself fully into the effects of the sacred brew, ayahuasca. As the brew...
Ayahuasca Can Help Us Heal Deep Wounds of Global History
When I first flew above the Amazon, I admired a solid sea of canopies that reached from one horizon to the other...
Peganum Harmala, the “Ayahuasca” of North Africa and Eurasia
Wildly popular across Europe, Asia, and North Africa for thousands of years, Peganum harmala is a perennial plant that has a lot...
Ayahuasca Exotica and High Fashion on the Kenzo Runway
Last week, models in Paris marched a visionary runway silhouetted by a massive installation of Pablo Amaringo’s iconic indigenous art from Peru. The mythic...
Ayahuasca Joined the Parliament of the World’s Religions
In November 2018, around seven thousand people from over 200 religions and spiritual traditions gathered in Toronto for the Parliament of the World's Religions....
The Life and High Times of Psychedelic Bard, Terence McKenna
Praised by hundreds of thousands of zealous soul-seekers worldwide, Terence McKenna’s accounts of his experiences with psychedelic substances have gifted us with astounding glimpses...
New Documentary Shows Veterans Treating PTSD with Ayahuasca
Around 20% of recent Unites States war veterans suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research produced by RAND. Nearly half of...
The DMT drug is not a drug, its much stranger
DMT is a psychoactive molecule and in this sense it is a drug. The title of this article is provocative for a very good...
Ayahuasca stirs up debate over its effects
A recent invitation I received to write an essay about yajé (or ayahuasca) for an academic-type anthology on the “the power of psychedelics for...
Remembering Wholeness: Ayahuasca and the Structural Violence of Modern Life
Why does one write, if not to put one’s pieces together? From the moment we enter school or church, education chops us into pieces:...