Co-edited by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar Flyer To buy at Springer click here Abstract: This book offers a series of perspectives on the therapeutic potential of...

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In February 2021, the Church of the Eagle and Condor (CEC) and the Chacruna Institute joined forces to initiate the “Ayahuasca Religious Freedom Initiative.” On March 16, 2021, lawyers for the CEC and Chacruna Institute filed Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests on U.S. Customs Border Patrol and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. This article reviews the insights gained from the government’s disclosures, or lack thereof, to the Initiative’s public records requests.

For four years, Soul Quest and their lawyers petitioned for Religious Freedom Restoration Exemption against the DEA for interfering with ayahuasca ceremonies. On April 16, 2021, the DEA’s Diversion Control Division denied their petition to carry on its ayahuasca ceremonies legally. This article describes key takeaways on the DEA’s denial, the impacts for the larger ayahuasca community, and the road ahead.

Gay men’s dance parties are communal rituals that carry the potential for deep healing, both individually and as a collective. However, wounds from the closet create an atmosphere of exclusion that can harm instead of heal. Through Ayahuasca ceremonies, another form of communal ritual, I learned how to craft more fulfilling experiences at these parties.

While there has been promising evidence of safety and effectiveness for ayahuasca macrodosing to treat depression, the medical risks and benefits of ayahuasca microdosing...

https://youtu.be/JKW9lIBrons The religious use of ayahuasca has been the subject of drug policies in Brazil since 1985, when ayahuasca was temporarily banned for a period...

Jasmine Virdi interviews Regina Célia de Oliveira, a Brazilian biologist and professor at Brasília University, specializing in the study of Banisteriopsis caapi and other plants that make up the ayahuasca brew. In this article, Regina shares about the different varieties of the B. caapi vine, the deeply sophisticated knowledge of traditional peoples about these vines, and the importance of protecting these plant species amidst ongoing ecological destruction in the Amazon Rainfor-est.

Jasmine Virdi interviews Martha Hartney, an attorney fighting for the legal use of aya-huasca as a religious sacrament within the United States. In this article, Martha Hart-ney shares about the legal status of ayahuasca, how this intersects with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and how we can collectively work towards securing the right to drink ayahuasca in bona fide religious settings.

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