Category: Culture

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...

A Glimmer of Hope: Gratitude and Community at the Close of Psychedelic Culture 2026

At the close of Psychedelic Culture 2026, Chacruna’s Lead Program Officer Alejandra Barajas expressed deep...

Bridges of Knowledge: Reciprocity, Diplomacy, and the Future of Plant Medicines

Representing Ambassador Ronaldo Costa Filho at Psychedelic Culture 2026, Luiz Gustavo Sanches Betti praised the...

Staying on the Bicycle: Leaning Into the Tension of Psychedelic Culture

Bia Labate critiques the mainstream psychedelic renaissance for prioritizing clinical, commercial models while extracting and...

Rethinking Psychedelic Risk

Bia Labate argues psychedelic risk is exaggerated through colonial, moralizing narratives that conflate risk with...

Caring for the Vine

Indigenous communities in Acre and ayahuasca religions are increasingly shifting from wild harvesting to cultivation,...

The Return of the Shaman: The Forest Revolution

Indigenous peoples in Acre revitalize ayahuasca practices to restore culture, autonomy, and alliances after decades...

Ayahuasca and Menstruation: Reflections Based on the Experiences of Santo Daime Women

Paulina Valamiel explores how menstruation shapes women’s experiences with ayahuasca, particularly within the Santo Daime...

Kambo: Discoverings Its Origins

Historical records from 1881–1936 in the Guyanas describe frog-based scarification rituals enhancing hunters’ skills. Linked...

Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)

A forgotten cache of LSD-25 in Cairo reveals Egypt’s overlooked role in early psychedelic psychiatry....
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