Scientists map the brain waves behind the intense effects of ayahuasca.
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“Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation” is a new and unique podcast focusing on the hallucinogenic plants and fungi whose impact on world culture and religion – and healing potential - is only now beginning to be appreciated as never before.
This episode discusses ayahuasca, healing and ritual.
Read moreShort Film: Waska
Nina is from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and she speaks with the memory of her shaman grandfather about the ongoing cultural appropriation, environmental destruction and marginalisation of her people, questioning our very relationship to the Earth and the quest for healing
Read moreAyahuasca Entity Encounters
When Ayahuasca Becomes Cult-Like
Ayahuasca, Risks and Benefits
UCLA psychiatry professor Charles Grob discusses ayahuasca's risks, his research on the substance, and the growing need for new ayahuasca studies.
Read moreAn Anthropological View of Ayahuasca
It is an open question why many global psychedelic therapies focus on the past, especially the traumatic past, as the royal road to healing and spiritually flourishing with ayahuasca and other psychedelics.
Read morePodcast Interview with Dr. Jeremy Narby
Jeremy Narby is a renowned anthropologist, author, and advocate for indigenous knowledge systems, particularly in the Amazon. His influential book, The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge (1998), explores the parallels between shamanic visions and molecular biology, proposing a connection between indigenous knowledge and our scientific understanding of DNA.
He has conducted extensive fieldwork with indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, advocating for their rights and the preservation of their traditional knowledge.
Read moreAyahuasca in the US
Ayahuasca Globalization
Keep reading for eight frequently asked questions about ayahuasca globalization.
Read moreAn Interview with an Ethnopharmacologist
Keep reading for five questions with ethnopharmacologist Matteo Politi.
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