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Psyche

Ayahuasca Pilgrimage?

Robert Tindall

As a writer on ayahuasca shamanism, and a leader of small groups down to the rainforest to encounter the practice of traditional medicine, I have watched the rising of the phenomenon labeled "ayahuasca tourism" with apprehension. (more)

10-29-09

Arts

Reinventing the Wheel: Riffing off of Walter Benjamin in Ladakh

Robert Tindall

Within the temples, tourists wander about chattering and taking photos. Few indeed are the visitors who make bows at the threshold or offerings at the altar. Without knowing basic Buddhist traditions, tourists behave like the cattle of Indian streets. This trend could easily be summed up in a single word: commodification. (more)

9-15-09

Psyche

A Quest to Heal HIV with Ayahuasca Shamanism

Robert Tindall

Amazonian medicine has been ahead of the biotech companies for years, and there is now documentation of traditional healers successfully curing cases that Western medicine had been powerless to treat. But can shamanic medicine function outside of its traditional matrix? (more)

7-24-09