“Don’t worry, everything is going to be ok,” an entity told Rob, host of the psychedelic culture YouTube channel Adeptus Psychonautica, shortly after he drank pharmahuasca for the first time. He was laying flat on his back in bed — and yet, he simultaneously occupied what he can only describe as a “divine realm” that

In recent years research has shown that ayahuasca can potentially have several health benefits. For that reason, it has drawn a lot of attention to the substance in many western countries. Many people who attend these retreats or partake in an ayahuasca ceremony tell of life-changing results and experiences. Ayahuasca retreats are organized and offered

No longer an exclusive practice of indigenous South American communities, ayahuasca is now a global sensation with growing research exploring it’s anti-addictive, antidepressant and anti-anxiolytic properties. With citizens all over the world interested in engaging with this psychoactive brew, do-it-yourself ayahuasca making is an attractive alternative to flying to the jungles of the Amazon. Let’s

Understanding the process behind clinical ayahuasca research can better help audiences interpret the various messages and conclusions of psychedelic studies.

Ayahuasca is a powerful, indigenous plant medicine preparation that contains psychedelic DMT and several other psychoactive substances.  The visions that ayahuasca produces can be astounding and life-changing but is there any pattern to these visions or are they just the chaotic hallucinations of a drug-addled brain? What is an ayahuasca experience like? When we flood

As plant medicines have garnered new interest during this psychedelic renaissance, those wishing to experience the benefits have graduated from microdosing psilocybin or perhaps an experience with LSD or Kambo. Now, they are ready to take the gloves off and surrender to the teachings of maybe the greatest mother medicine of them all. Ayahuasca is

Some folks are gregarious and charismatic, others are soft-spoken and wise, and still, these traits do not encompass the dynamic systems of personality existing in all people. Personality can affect your career, relationships and even life span. Researchers examining the power of shamanic rituals are finding that ayahuasca users show changes in personality after their

What does it mean to be feminine? There are plenty of magazines and how-to videos with tips and tricks for harnessing the goddess within, but some look to more ancient lineages for their dose of divine feminine wisdom. Ayahuasca ceremony participants often recall an ethereal mother that led them through their psychoactive trip. In a

South American indigenous cultures benefit from their ancient healing traditions surrounding plant medicines like ayahuasca. As more research explores ayahuasca as a tool to mitigate suffering, future generations may have the ability to harness ancestral psychedelic therapy to transform their cultural and familial wounds. Traditional Amazonian practices operate with an entirely different set of principles

Communicating the ayahuasca experience in written word or spoken tales often cannot capture the dreamlike encounters and vivid tessellations typical of an ayahuasca ceremony. Artists help bring the visionary experience to life through the varied mediums of ayahuasca art. From the Shipibo weavings of the amazon to the western acrylic interpretations — art helps show