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Wisdom, Plant Medicine & Transformational States | Spring Washam

By Spring Washam — 2019

From Wisdom 2.0 2019 in San Francisco.

16:35 min

Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge

While undertaking anthropological fieldwork in the Pichis Valley of the Peruvian Amazon, Narby became intrigued by the local community’s claim that they received their phenomenal biochemical knowledge under the influence of hallucinogens.

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Jeremy Narby
1999
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8 Suggestions to Minimize Dangers for Ayahuasca Journeyers

It is my view that ayahuasca is not for those trauma survivors who are so fragmented that they do not have a solid sense of self to return to. Without a strong energetic and egoic foundation, this plant can take you beyond the point of no return.

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Jeff Brown
2018
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All Is Full of Love

For those unfamiliar with ayahuasca, it's a Peruvian root drink used in shamanistic ceremonies—used as a medicine to spiritually awaken the drinker. It's also one of the strongest hallucinogens on earth.

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Kathryn Budig
2010
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Ayahuasca Produces Long-Lasting Changes in the Brain

The powerful hallucinogenic brew provokes long-lasting changes in two important brain networks.

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Tibi Puiu
2020
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Legal Ayahuasca Churches Are Spreading Across Canada

A sixth religious group in Canada has been granted an exemption to use the hallucinogenic tea, known for causing visions and vomiting, as part of its ceremonies.

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Rachel Browne
2020
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Ayahuasca Could Do Something Amazing to Your Brain, Study Shows

Science is finally catching up with the potential powers of this psychedelic drink.

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Caroline Delbert
2020
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The Colonization of the Ayahuasca Experience

The growing popularity of "authentic" ayahuasca rituals in Western circles can present multiple problems, including indigenous fetishization, a lack of cultural context for traditional ceremonies, and potential abuse from untrustworthy shamans, all of which can be problematic or sometimes even...

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Mark Hay
2020
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Rapid Antidepressant Effects of the Psychedelic Ayahuasca Linked to Changes in Inflammatory Biomarkers

The antidepressant effects of the psychedelic brew known as ayahuasca appear to be related to anti-inflammatory activity, according to new research from scientists in Brazil.

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Eric W. Dolan
2021
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‘I Tried Ayahuasca and My Life Changed Completely’

It was as if I were being shown my life from a greater distance. The ceremony gave me clarity. At some points I even sobbed; deep, body racking sobs that I don't think I'd cried since I was a child. I also vomited heavily.

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Lauren Paton
2021
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10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Drinking Ayahuasca

It’s impossible to be truly prepared for a psychedelic which hauls you through the doors of perception and unceremoniously throws your sense of self and reality off the edge of the world.

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Jon Waterlow
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