A new study published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs suggests that while awe can be transformative during ayahuasca retreats, there’s a limit. Experiences marked by excessive vastness were ...

An online survey of ayahuasca users found that non-religious individuals tend to become more religious after experiencing entity encounters while under the influence of the substance. Although men ...

A 41-year-old man from Alabama, Aaron Wayne Castranova, died during what was supposed to be a spiritual healing experience in ...

Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died in Peru after consuming ayahuasca during a spiritual trip. The brew caused multi-organ failure.

An American tourist has died after taking a hallucinogenic herbal tea at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon. Aaron ...

Michael Adzich, who had argued he has a religious-freedom right to give out a South American psychedelic tea known as ayahuasca during spiritual ceremonies, dropped his Charter challenge Monday and ...

Last year, an artist and life coach who teaches meditation, breathwork and emotional intelligence from Pembroke Pines was found by police assaulting a spiritual healer, with both men "covered ...

But in the past few decades, stories about the spiritually enhancing magic of ayahuasca have made their way to Europe and North America. Lauded for its transcendent healing powers by celebrities ...