The Chacruna Chronicles

Chacruna Chronicles publishes original articles by researchers, scholars, ethnographers, and practitioners in the psychedelic and plant medicine fields, presented in an accessible format. The platform focuses on social, cultural, political, and scientific topics, especially issues such as diversity, access, cultural appropriation, regulation, and conservation. It actively amplifies voices of women, Indigenous people, BIPOC, and LGBTQI communities.

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Between Protection and Control: Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office Reignites the Debate on Ayahuasca Regulation in Brazil

Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office issued Recommendations Nos. 4 and 5, urging CONAD and Anvisa...

The Case That Shook Céu do Mar

Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza, founder of the Céu do Mar Santo Daime church, faces...

Hidden Treasures: How a Team of Chilean Psychonauts is Preserving Jonathan Ott’s Legacy

Ibrahim Gabriell explores how a team of Chilean psychonauts from the Lobeliana Foundation traveled to...

Queering Psychedelics

Celebrate 10 years of Chacruna and our groundbreaking book “Queering Psychedelics” with Bia Labate, Clancy...

Healing in Community: Reflections on Racial Trauma and Plant Medicine in Oaxaca

In November 2025, six racialized psychotherapists attended a Oaxaca retreat to process racial trauma through...

Under The Influencer: The Slippery Slope of Plant Medicine Influencer Culture on Social Media

The resurgence of psychedelics—fueled by research, biotech, and media—has given rise to social media "plant...

Santo Daime and Sexual Diversity: Reflections on the 2025 Survey

A landmark 2025 survey of 309 Brazilian LGBTQIAPN+ Santo Daime practitioners reveals shifting dynamics within...

Between a Rock and a Hardware Place: Psychedelics and Censorship on Social Media 

Chacruna Latinoamérica’s Instagram account was permanently deactivated due to flawed algorithmic content moderation, a common...

The Psychedelic Renaissance Has a New Owner: Big Pharma

President Donald Trump's April 2026 executive order prioritizes a corporate, FDA-approved pharmaceutical pathway for psychedelics,...

How the Ancestral Toad Medicine 5-MeO-DMT was Manufactured

The "ancestral" ceremony of smoking Sonoran Desert Toad venom (5-MeO-DMT) is a lucrative fabrication. Synthesized...

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Chacruna Chronides is shaped by a diverse community of writers, researchers, and practitioners who bring depth, nuance, and critical perspective to the psychedelic field. We are grateful to all of our authors for their contributions.

If you are interested in contributing, we invite you to join our growing network of voices by sending an inquiry via [email protected].

 

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