Sometimes called "the vine of the dead," this thick-rooted plant grows long leaves and small flowers. The ayahuasca receives its psychoactive properties from the chemical harmaline, a compound ...

A few hours earlier, I had declared my intention for our ayahuasca journey—that I want to live a big, meaningful, impactful ...

It’s astonishing that out of 80,000 plant species and 400 ... increasing demand for ayahuasca has led to overharvesting of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. Just like commercialization following ...

Growing numbers of tourists are travelling to the Peruvian Amazon to drink ayahuasca, a traditional plant medicine said to bring about a higher state of consciousness. Foreigners come looking for ...