Category: Culture

Mrs. Amada Cardenas: Keeper of the Peyote Gardens

Deep in the heart of South Texas, where peyote (Lophohora williamsii), the mind-expanding cactus sacrament...

The Visionary Art of Mahku – Huni Kuin Artist Movement

Research and Transformation Huni meka, the songs of nixi pae (ayahuasca), are in the language...

The Commodification of Ayahuasca: How Can we do Better?

14 Questions the Global Ayahuasca Community Should Consider While Moving Forward As ayahuasca becomes increasingly...

The 21 Best Scientific Papers About Ayahuasca

We offer here a selection of 21 of the most interesting references in biomedicine, psychology,...

Is Ayahuasca a “Drug”?

As ayahuasca drinking emerges as a global phenomenon beyond the Amazon, one of the more...

The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science

This photograph is one of hundreds in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution that record...

Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop

I am presenting here several excerpts from A Cash Crop, my last multimedia book, that...

Ethical and Sustainable Access to Entheogenic Plants

What are ethical, sustainable relationships to entheogenic plants? How can humankind grow access to sacred...

Visionary Art in Peruvian Amazonia: The Power of Images and Translation Effects

When I entered Brazil’s National Museum as a master’s student in social anthropology, I knew...

Smoking the Toad

With the sun going down over the Sonoran Desert, Andrew [Andrew Weil, M.D] led me...

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