The Visionary Art of Mahku – Huni Kuin Artist Movement
Research and Transformation
Huni meka, the songs of nixi pae (ayahuasca), are in the
language of the anaconda; the phrase is from Ibã Huni Kuin....
The Commodification of Ayahuasca: How Can we do Better?
14 Questions the Global Ayahuasca Community Should Consider While Moving Forward
As ayahuasca becomes increasingly popular across the world
and is incorporated as a sacrament...
Is Ayahuasca a “Drug”?
As ayahuasca drinking emerges as a global phenomenon
beyond the Amazon, one of the more curious claims about the brew that one
regularly comes across is...
The Encounter That Introduced Peyote to Western Science
This photograph is one of hundreds
in the archives of the Smithsonian Institution that record people of the Plains
tribes in their forced captivity on the...
Pieces of Ayahuasca, a Cash Crop
I am presenting here several excerpts from A
Cash Crop, my last multimedia book, that shows how Banisteriopsis caapi, once an abundant and commercially worthless
plant...
Ethical and Sustainable Access to Entheogenic Plants
What are ethical, sustainable
relationships to entheogenic plants? How can humankind grow access to sacred
plant-based healing and insight without risking or profaning the plants and
their...
Visionary Art in Peruvian Amazonia: The Power of Images and Translation...
When I entered Brazil’s
National Museum as a master’s student in social anthropology, I knew only that I
wanted to specialize in the anthropology of art...
Smoking the Toad
With the sun going down over the Sonoran Desert, Andrew led me down a dusty trail toward a narrow draw that opened onto...
Combining Psychedelics with Capitalism May Cause Unintended Side Effects
Some proponents of psychedelics are excited about their medicinal uses, some are excited about their potential to change culture, but most seem to be...
Psychedelics and Blockchain: Two Technologies Key to Our Future
The future of psychedelics is intertwined with cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Each is a powerful technology. What happens when psychedelics and blockchain come together?
Introducing Cryptocurrency...
