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Rapid Antidepressant Effects of the Psychedelic Ayahuasca Linked to Changes in Inflammatory Biomarkers

By Eric W. Dolan — 2021

The antidepressant effects of the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca appear to be related to anti-inflammatory activity, according to new research from scientists in Brazil.

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My Ayahuasca Trip

I drank ayahuasca in 1999, in a ceremony led by two scholars with expertise in ayahuasca. What follows is an edited version of what I wrote about the experience in my 2003 book Rational Mysticism.

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John Horgan
2014
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In a Traumatised World, is Psychedelic Therapy our Best Hope for Change?

Could there be one factor that links together conflict, climate change, racism, anxiety and eating disorders?

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Kate Thompson
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The Colonization of the Ayahuasca Experience

The growing popularity of "authentic" ayahuasca rituals in Western circles can present multiple problems, including indigenous fetishization, a lack of cultural context for traditional ceremonies, and potential abuse from untrustworthy shamans, all of which can be problematic or sometimes even...

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Mark Hay
2020
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‘I Tried Ayahuasca and My Life Changed Completely’

It was as if I were being shown my life from a greater distance. The ceremony gave me clarity. At some points I even sobbed; deep, body racking sobs that I don't think I'd cried since I was a child. I also vomited heavily.

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Lauren Paton
2021
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10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Drinking Ayahuasca

It’s impossible to be truly prepared for a psychedelic which hauls you through the doors of perception and unceremoniously throws your sense of self and reality off the edge of the world.

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Jon Waterlow
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The Brutal Mirror: What the Psychedelic Drug Ayahuasca Showed Me About My Life.

What the psychedelic drug ayahuasca showed me about my life.

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Sean Illing
2019
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The Grandmother Plant—and What Turned on Consciousness

Here, we asked Graham Hancock about plant medicine, the purpose and meaning of hallucinogenic experiences, and what bigger opportunities he sees for humanity in all of this.

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Graham Hancock
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My Adventures with the Trip Doctors

My first psilocybin journey began around an altar in the middle of a second-story loft in a suburb of a small city on the Eastern Seaboard.

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Michael Pollan
2018
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Crash Course in the Nature of Mind

Roland Griffiths' psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens.

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Julie Scharper
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Experiences of ‘Ultimate Reality’ or ‘God’ Confer Lasting Benefits to Mental Health

In a survey of thousands of people who reported having experienced personal encounters with God, researchers report that more than two-thirds of self-identified atheists shed that label after their encounter, regardless of whether it was spontaneous or while taking a psychedelic.

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Johns Hopkins Medicine
2019
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