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This is 1st episode of Kentucky Ayahuasca documentary series featured on Viceland. All credits and property belong to Viceland network.
We visit a weekend retreat where the psychedelic drug Ayahuasca is used for therapeutic purposes by shamans who guide participants on a spiritual journey.
Dr. Tafur describes the traditional origins and uses of ayahuasca. Throughout the Amazonian basin, hundreds of tribes and religious groups incorporate ayahuasca in their healing and sacred practices. This naturally has led to quite a diversity in how this plant medicine is used.
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The story of Michael and Sandra Harner in the history and development of core shamanism, the universal, near universal, and common practices of shamanism worldwide.