The Chacruna Chronicles

Chacruna Chronicles publishes original articles by researchers, scholars, ethnographers, and practitioners in the psychedelic and plant medicine fields, presented in an accessible format. The platform focuses on social, cultural, political, and scientific topics, especially issues such as diversity, access, cultural appropriation, regulation, and conservation. It actively amplifies voices of women, Indigenous people, BIPOC, and LGBTQI communities.

Culture • Inclusion & Diversity • Indigenous Voices • Integration • Music • News • Policy • Power & Discrimination • Queer • Science • Sex & Power • Spirituality • Women • Culture • Inclusion & Diversity • Indigenous Voices • Integration • Music • News • Policy • Power & Discrimination • Queer • Science • Sex & Power • Spirituality • Women •

The Science Born of Enchantment: Jurema at the Crossroads of Knowledge

Catimbó-Jurema is evolving from a traditional Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian spiritual resistance movement into a site...

Foucault’s Lysergic Dreams Remain Buried in Death Valley

Marcelo Leite retraces the route taken by Michel Foucault during a 1975 trip to the...

Indigenous Reciprocity Beyond Romanticization

The global psychedelic movement extracts traditional knowledge from Indigenous communities like the Mazatec while ignoring...

Psychedelic Dawn at the Edge of the Global South

The Brazilian Psychedelic Association (APB) frames Brazil’s upcoming presidential run-off between right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro and...

10th Anniversary of the Chacruna Institute

At the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Psychedelic Association (APB) celebrated the...

Between Protection and Control: Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office Reignites the Debate on Ayahuasca Regulation in Brazil

Brazil's Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office issued Recommendations Nos. 4 and 5, urging CONAD and Anvisa...

The Case That Shook Céu do Mar

Paulo Roberto Silva e Souza, founder of the Céu do Mar Santo Daime church, faces...

Hidden Treasures: How a Team of Chilean Psychonauts is Preserving Jonathan Ott’s Legacy

Ibrahim Gabriell explores how a team of Chilean psychonauts from the Lobeliana Foundation traveled to...

Queering Psychedelics

Celebrate 10 years of Chacruna and our groundbreaking book “Queering Psychedelics” with Bia Labate, Clancy...

Healing in Community: Reflections on Racial Trauma and Plant Medicine in Oaxaca

In November 2025, six racialized psychotherapists attended a Oaxaca retreat to process racial trauma through...

Authors

Chacruna Chronides is shaped by a diverse community of writers, researchers, and practitioners who bring depth, nuance, and critical perspective to the psychedelic field. We are grateful to all of our authors for their contributions.

If you are interested in contributing, we invite you to join our growing network of voices by sending an inquiry via [email protected].

 

Chacruna Chronicles Authors Guidelines
Instructions for Recording Video for Chacruna Chronicles
Chacruna Contributor Licensing Agreement

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors