In a new study published in Scientific Reports, researchers show that ayahuasca alters the user's waking brain-wave patterns to produce a mental state that the researchers describe as "dreaming while awake."
Read moreA Personal Accountant of Ayahuasca and Depression
Keep reading for an anthropologist’s account of how ayahuasca helped with his depression.
Read moreIntegrating Ayahuasca
When people feel worse after drinking ayahuasca, integration is essential.
Read moreAyahuasca for Depression
Here’s a look at some recent research looking at whether ayahuasca can help with depression.
Read moreStopping Veteran Suicide with Ayahuasca
The following interview with Wyly Gray documents his own story of suicidal ideation to personal transformation, and why he shifted the focus of his veteran advocacy group Veterans of War after finding great healing with ayahuasca.
Read moreAyahuasca, Magic and Our Planet
Can ayahuasca help heal our planet, as well as ourselves?
Read moreCan Ayahuasca Treat Addiction?
This article looks at how ayahuasca can treat addiction.
Read moreBooklist for Plant Medicine and Shamanism
Interested in reading more about shamanism and plant medicine? Check out this booklist of the 40 best books, from Chacruna.net.
Read moreMDMA for PTSD
More research with promising results on how pharmaceutical-grade MDMA can be used in combination with psychotherapy, to help patients who have a severe form of PTSD that has not responded to other treatments.
Read moreIntegrating Ayahuasca
Here’s a wonderful article on how to integrate your ayahuasca experience.
Read moreA Psychologist Discusses Ayahuasca
A clinical psychologist discusses her ayahuasca ceremony and how it influenced her clinical work with clients.
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