Category: Women

“It is not an orthodox psychotherapy”: An Interview with Ivonne Roquet, Daughter of a Psychedelic Pioneer in Mexico

Ivonne Roquet, daughter of psychedelic pioneer Salvador Roquet, reflects on her father's career in psychotherapy....

The Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion

The Santo Daime religion is named after its founder, Raimondo Irineu Serra's name for ayahuasca,...

Women Who Heal: Musicians in the Urban Ayahuasca Scene

Raizza Marins examines what role women musicians and the sacred feminine play in the burgeoning...

Yaminawa Women and Ayahuasca: Shamanism, Gender, and History in the Peruvian Amazon

There is evidence that suggests that before colonial contact, Yaminawa women practiced shamanism and consumed...

Madrinha Rita: Brazilian matriarch of ayahuasca

This article highlights the story of Madrinha (Godmother) Rita Gregório, a woman who has made...

Dream and Ecstasy in Mesoamerican Worldview: An Interview with Mercedes de la Garza

Mercedes de la Garza is a recognized researcher on shamanism & the ritual uses of...

Treasures of the Forest: Jarawara Women and Plants They Carry

The care taken with the tobacco plants by Jarawara women is impressive, and it extends...

Esther Jean Langdon: Half a Century of Research About Shamanism and Ayahuasca

In her writings, Esther Jean Langdon proposes to approach shamanism as a cosmological system....

Preparing Ourselves for the Psychedelic Future with Berra Yazar-Klosinski

Berra Yazar-Klosinski, Chief Science Officer at the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, reflects on her journey...
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