Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew made from plants and has been used for centuries in traditional shamanic rituals by indigenous people in the Amazon. The drug has recently caught the focus of the ...

(Ayahuasca causes intense vomiting — or as fans of the plant prefer to call it, "purging.") Participants take their places on mats and wait for the shaman, whom Costuros has worked with for ...

A new wave of spiritual tourism is reshaping sacred ayahuasca practises in Peru ...

and how it was informed by a transformative ayahuasca experience ... But at the same time, the shaman is coming over and he's fanning me. And he's saying, "Oh, that's like 20 years of therapy ...

An Ayahuasca shaman balances a life of hallucinatory rituals and daily burdens in the rainforest of Peru.

Shamans across central and South America have used psychotropic plants to commune with the spirit world for hundreds of years. One of the most common drug concoctions is ayahuasca, a psychedelic ...

But in recent years, a boom in Western interest in psychedelics has started to reshape ayahuasca ceremonies and practise.

Scientists tend to dismiss ayahuasca as a hallucinogen and attribute many of the cures of curanderos to placebo effects, or the power of suggestion, the skillful shamanic use of set and setting.

Aaron Rodgers says he's experienced a "deeper love" of himself while using ayahuasca, a psychedelic ... drink the tea while under the guidance of a shaman. "There's a lot of trust.