ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Legal Ayahuasca Churches Are Spreading Across Canada

By Rachel Browne — 2020

A sixth religious group in Canada has been granted an exemption to use the hallucinogenic tea, known for causing visions and vomiting, as part of its ceremonies.

Read on www.vice.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Introducing Ayahuasca

Amazonian healing traditions collide with Western medical sensibilities.

Article
Zoe Jahn, Monnica T. Williams
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Is Ayahuasca an Antidote to Modern Life?

In 1995 I published a book called The Cosmic Serpent that dealt with ayahuasca and other subjects. The enthusiasm of many readers took me by surprise. In the book I describe ayahuasca as foul-tasting and my experience drinking it as an ordeal involving vomiting and frightening visions of serpents.

Article
Jeremy Narby
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

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...

Article
Mark Hay
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

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.

Article
Graham Hancock
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Ayahuasca