Welcome to Ayahuasca.com
Ayahuasca.com is a research project devoted to the botany, ethnography, mythology, arts, music, therapeutic mechanisms, and phenomenology of the Amazonian Spirit Vine Ayahuasca (aya-soul/dead, wasca-vine/rope); the jungle vine Banisteriopsis Caapi, and the medicinal tea prepared from it.The Banisteriopsis vine is a Malpighiaceous jungle liana found in the tropical regions of South America. The vine constitutes the primary ingredient of the Ayahuasca tea which is used widely used throughout the Amazon for healing and spiritual development.
Culture & Creativity
An Invitation to participate creatively in Ayahuasca.com» Image by Pablo Amaringo
Exploring the role of Ayahuasca in supporting the development of creative abilities.
Nectarian Art - Deep Ecological Visions» Proposing a new art term to describe deep ecological and entheogenically inspired nature visions…
News
New Book on Brazilian Ayahuasca Religions»This book presents the bibliographical state of the art of the Brazilian ayahuasca religions, Santo Daime, Barquinha, the União do Vegetal, and their multiple offshoots.
Ayahuasca in the Supreme Court»By Steve Beyer
There has been a lot of confusion about the current legal status of ayahuasca in the United States since the Supreme Court decided the União do Vegetal case two years ago. This post attempts to shed some light on the subject in the context of earlier cases involving peyote, the Native American Church, and other claims of religious exemption from the Controlled Substances Act.
Ayahuasca Overviews
When and how was Ayahuasca discovered by the world outside the Amazon?»The earliest Europeans to mention Ayahuasca were Jesuits travelling in the Amazon. One of the earliest such reports of this “diabolical potion,” written in 1737, describes it as: “an intoxicating potion ingested for divinatory and other purposes and called ayahuasca, which deprives one of his senses and, at times, of his life.”
What are Ayahuasca analogues?»Analogues are plants or chemicals used in place of the traditional constituents of the ayahuasca brew. Two of the most common are Peganum harmala and Mimosa hostilis, as replacements for the B. caapi vine, and DMT-containing admixture plants, respectively.
Science
Ayahuasca, Neurogenesis and Depression»A hypothesis suggesting Ayahuasca may be growing healthier brains…
The Scientific Investigation of Ayahuasca - A Review of Past and Current Research»By Dennis McKenna, Charles Grob & Jace Callaway
A biomedical investigation of long-term hoasca drinkers by the Medical Studies section of the UDV (Centro de Estudos Medicos).
Spirit & Healing
Ayahuasca, Neurogenesis and Depression»A hypothesis suggesting Ayahuasca may be growing healthier brains…
Hyperdimensional Consciousness»A true light pierces the encrustations around the heart and this is the beginning of a turing, a deep reorientation, from someone who looks at the past and regrets, to a reborn one who faces the future and the light.
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