Pachamama Sanctuary in Casco, Maine uses ayahuasca — a mind-altering drug — as a worship aid, something that is a longstanding tradition in some South American cultures.

Ayahuasca (pronounced eye-ah-wah-ska) is a plant-based psychedelic drug. It’s usually brewed into a tea or a concentrated liquid to drink. It can also be smoked. Other names include huasca ...

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Ayahuasca contains the psychoactive chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which the Drug Enforcement Agency lists as a schedule one drug. Its use is legal in certain religious contexts.

What Is Ayahuasca and Why Are People Turning to Psychedelics for Mental Health Treatments? Despite its illegal status, ayahuasca has become increasingly popular in the U.S., and interest has ...

Ayahuasca is a brew with powerful hallucinogenic properties claimed to open your mind and heal past trauma. This article reviews Ayahuasca, including its negative and positive effects on health.

Ayahuasca is made from a concoction of plants from the Amazon rainforest, which are cooked into a stew and then consumed. Many users have previously described the taste as 'vile'.

Ayahuasca is a powerful drug, and can be emotionally and physically overwhelming. It’s a good idea to do a lot of research before you do it.

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While ayahuasca comes in and out of popular interest, the psychoactive brew has been used for spiritual and medicinal purposes by indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin since at least 900 B.C.E.

So began Renye’s psychedelic integration meeting, a burgeoning practice across Silicon Valley that helps tech workers make sober sense of their world-bending experiences with ayahuasca ...

Indigenous peoples in South America – primarily in Peru, Brazil and other parts of what is considered the Upper Amazon – have been using ayahuasca for medicinal and religious purposes since at ...