COLUMN. On Easter, chocolate brings together many enthusiasts. However, cocoa can also be perceived as a sacred plant, as ...

Consider it ayahuasca lite. “It’s not like any drug I’ve ever taken,” said Kat Ho, who started leading cacao ceremonies in 2021 after being introduced to the drink during the pandemic by a ...

Aaron Rodgers says he's experienced a "deeper love" of himself while using ayahuasca, a psychedelic drink he has touted over the last year. In the January/February issue of Men's Health ...

Becoming increasingly popular in Mexico and Ecuador, too, are traditional sweat lodge ceremonies that include a psychedelic component, usually psilocybin and ayahuasca. (As of now, there are no ...

Ayahuasca, however, seems to be having a positive impact. Ceremonies at The Temple always take place at night, in a quiet, lantern-lit maloca (an indigenous ancestral house). There are mattresses ...

Most of the people at Mayantuyacu, his apprentices, the workers who prepared the ayahuasca vines, had never seen jaguars except when they were summoned during ceremonies and arrived in visions.

But in recent years, a boom in Western interest in psychedelics has started to reshape ayahuasca ceremonies and practise. Fuelled by celebrity endorsements, a new wave of tourists are heading to ...

Ayahuasca has deep roots in indigenous Amazonian cultures and is often used in traditional healing ceremonies. Its use outside of these contexts raises ethical and safety concerns. Marijuana ...

California leads all states in web searches for ayahuasca ceremonies and retreats, according to Google Trends, and interest has steadily risen. But Costuros says that not all of these retreats put ...