Tag: shamanism

Psychedelic Lizard Kings and the Other: Culture, Race and the Frontiers of Peyote

[starbox] There is a scene in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film, The Doors, where the rock...

How Indigenous Youths in Peru are Being Initiated in Western Ayahuasca Retreat Centers

[starbox] As the evening fell dark, I saw 4 young indigenous students enter the round...

How My Elder’s Sacred Peyote is Disappearing

[starbox] In my childhood home, the word “medicine” is how we referred to peyote (Lophophora...

Undiscovering Huautla: City of the Magic Mushrooms

[starbox] As far as the rest of the world is concerned, Huautla de Jimenez and...

Is Ayahuasca an Antidote to Modern Life?

[starbox] In 1995 I published a book called The Cosmic Serpent that dealt with ayahuasca...

Ayahuasca and the Gift of Seeing Through Serpent Eyes

[starbox] One of the more spectacular cinematic productions this year is the film Embrace of...

Gift of the Spider Woman: Spinning, weaving and womanhood among the Matsigenka of Peru

[starbox] “Shamans say these geometric designs were obtained from the Sangariite guardian spirits who appear...

How Feminine is Ayahuasca?

[starbox] While doing fieldwork with traditional healers in the Peruvian Amazon,[1.Echazú Boschemeier, A. G. (2015)....

The Indigenous Ayahuasca Universe

[starbox] What differentiates indigenous ayahuasca use from the universe that has erupted out of it...

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