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Ayahuasca's mainstream rise brings dilemmas like abuse and commodification, alongside legitimate Indigenous initiatives and religious freedom advocacy. Presentation highlights history, cultural aspects, research perspectives, controversies, and challenges faced.
Henrique Fernandes Antunes
Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D., a prominent ethnopharmacologist, co-founded the Heffter Research Institute and played a pivotal role in the Hoasca Project. He also taught Ethnopharmacology at the University of Minnesota.
Dennis J McKenna
Study on predictors of acute ayahuasca effects at retreat in Costa Rica (N=53; Mean age=40.15; female=60.4%; White=86.8%) found intentions, expectancy, and openness correlated with spiritual, psychological, and physical effects. Results
Yitong Xin
Ayahuasca's wonder and healing practices are studied at a Shipibo-led retreat in Pucallpa, Peru, revealing how wonder shapes healing and transforms relationships between global guests and Indigenous healers.
Alex K Gearin
Sacred Plant Alliance (SPA) is a self-regulating organization uniting religious practitioners to promote ceremonial use of psychedelics. SPA aims to establish best practices and legal protections under RFRA.
Bob Otis, Robert Heffernan
Spring Washam shares insights from combining Ayahuasca with Buddhist philosophy, offering a new pathway for awakening. She discusses transformative practices and ethical ways to navigate the medicine path.
Spring Washam
Jerónimo Mazarrasa explores lessons modern psychedelic medicine can learn from indigenous traditions in working with powerful plants like ayahuasca. He draws from 20 years of experience with ayahuasca practices.
Jerónimo Mazarrasa
Traditional Indigenous medicines like Ayahuasca have become global phenomena. Psychedelic companies are exploring them for drug development, posing challenges for Indigenous and ceremonial communities.
Santo Daime religion, founded in the Brazilian Amazon in the 1930s, is now global. The bailado dance is central, offering unique psychoactive engagement and fostering ecological identity and healing opportunities.
Ana Flecha
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