Category: Culture

From Rubber Adulterant to Ceremonial Psychedelic: Voacanga africana in the Transnational Imagination, 1894–2018

Timothy Vilgiate looks at how the story of Voacanga africana is an example of how...

Early Experimental LSD Cultures in the Clinic

Magaly Tornay looks at early practices of meaning-making around LSD in the clinic, a crucial...

Mescaline, Between Psychopathology and Phenomenology: Sartre and Experimentation in 1930s France

Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous bad trip took place in February 1935, but is it accurate to...

Global History of Psychedelics: A Chacruna Series

Our new Chacruna series will highlight the global history of psychedelics. It will highlight some...

Conspirituality: The Hidden Face of the Psychedelic Revolution

Glauber Loures de Assis addresses the issue of conspirituality within the psychedelic renaissance and shows...

Old Uses of Peyote in Traditional Mexican Medicine and its Inclusion in Official Pharmacopeia

Starting with Mexico's first National Pharmacopeia in 1846, Nidia Olvera-Hernández traces the long history of...

This is How Ayahuasca is Brewed at a Santo Daime Church in Brazil

At a Chacruna retreat in Brazil, Marcelo Leite and other team members took part in...

Guarani Shamanism in the University

What happens when traditional knowledge is incorporated into the classroom? At the Federal University of...

The Resurrection of Jurema (3)

Brazilian religions with Indigenous and African roots such as Catimbó and Jurema Sagrada, centered around...

The Resurrection of Jurema (2)

Neuroscientist Dráulio de Araújo leads clinical trials to gauge the antidepressant potential of DMT, but...
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