Tag: ayahuasca

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Problematic Process for Religious Exemption for Use of Prohibited Psychoactive Substances

There are hundreds of groups using ayahuasca in ceremonial underground contexts in the United States....

Visionary Art in Peruvian Amazonia: The Power of Images and Translation Effects

When I entered Brazil’s National Museum as a master’s student in social anthropology, I knew...

Report: Ayahuasca Symposium UK

Introduction On Sunday, June 23, I attended the first “Ayahuasca Symposium” in London, UK, on...

Healing Sexual Trauma with Ayahuasca

As a teenager, the power of my sacred feminine energy was taken from me by...

Ayahuasca and the Twelve Steps: An Anonymous Friendship

Heroin needle marks on my neck, benzodiazepines with alcohol in the mornings, and frequent crack-cocaine...

Great Shamanic Deception: Using Ayahuasca as a Conduit for Sexual Fulfillment

Like many women, I was coerced into sexual acts by an ayahuasca “healer” through a...

Am I a Sectarian Drug User? A Brief Legal Comment on the Religious Use of Ayahuasca in Brazil, Belgium and the Netherlands

Introduction It’s never easy for people belonging to minority groups to express their identity and...

The First Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference (Yubaka Hayrá) in Acre Demonstrates Political, Cultural and Spiritual Resistance

Ayahuasca is a traditional medicine for approximately one hundred indigenous groups in the Amazon basin,...

The Island: Recovering Self, Culture and Place through Plant Medicine

I am a US Citizen of Puerto Rican descent, and have bloodlines tracing back to...

Sexual Seduction in Ayahuasca Shaman and Participants Interactions

By focusing on sex and gender, I hope to highlight how flexible, yet fragile, social...

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