Can Psychedelics Open Us to Pleasure?
Psychedelics can help us overcome our repressed traumas and related shame that prevent us from truly enjoying and experiencing pleasure.
Dating My Ayahuasca Shaman: Sex, Power, and Consent
I engaged in what I thought was a consensual relationship with my shaman. After many years, I have realized that what I really needed...
Abuses and Lack of Safety in the Ibogaine Community
https://youtu.be/pgk1GiubAgk
Ibogaine offers a powerful experience that attracts those seeking miracles, but it also attracts those seeking to be the beholders of miracles.
Just a Dash...
Can Psychedelics Reveal Memories of Sexual Abuse?
Cases in which psychedelics reveal lost “memories” or feeling states related to sexual abuse have been some of the most challenging for both clients...
Survey on the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings
Welcome to the Survey on the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicine's Guidelines for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse in Ayahuasca Settings. We appreciate...
Ayahuasca Community Outreach: Distribution of the Guidelines for the Awareness of...
As part of our efforts to
disseminate the Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual
Abuse I traveled to Iquitos, Peru during the summer of...
How I Lived Twelve Years in a Colombian Ayahuasca Cult Led...
On May 13,
2019, the court of Guaduas in Cundinamarca, Colombia, pronounced the guilty
verdict against the supposed “taita” and connoisseur of “yajé,” Edgar Orlando
Gaitán Camacho,...
Psychedelic Masculinities: Reflections on Power, Violence and Privilege
I do not think it's naïve to say that psychedelic substances have helped to build masculinities that are more sensitive to our environment and...
Ayahuasca Community Guide for the Awareness of Sexual Abuse
One of the first obstacles we face in attempting to address sexual abuse in the ayahuasca community is the quite widespread disbelief that sexual...
Psychedelics, Sex, and Consent: A Brief History
When I started university 34 years
ago, I encountered numerous male professors whose personal histories included a
former wife (who had typed their dissertation and first...