Ayahuasca
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Huasca; Yagé; Brew; Daime; The Tea; La Purga
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Psychedelic
CHEMICAL NAME
Mixture
DESCRIPTION
Ayahuasca is a powerfully psychedelic South American brew/tea traditionally made from the B. caapi vine and other admixtures such as P. viridis (or other DMT-containing plants). One of its primary effects is considered to be the vomiting (the purge) that accompanies the experience. The term ayahuasca is sometimes loosely used to mean any combination of an MAOI with DMT.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
DMT Freebase Content in Huasca Preparations, Clearlight (2003)
RELATED VAULTS #
HISTORY #
TRADITIONAL USE #
The Sound of Rushing Water, by Michael J. Harner
Ayahuasca Healing Session, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios
Ayahuasca and its Mechanism of Healing, by Marlene Dobkin de Rios
Floral Baths, by Ross Heaven and Artidoro
RITUAL & SPIRITUAL USE #
Santo Daime, by Winstead & Miller
SANTO DAIME CEREMONY RECORDINGS #
This is a hymn of Glauco's, dedicated to the city of Sao Paulo. (RealAudio-367k)
Marizia : Hymn 37 of founder Mestre Irineu (RealAudio-251k)
Centro Livre : Hymn 39 of Mestre Irineu (RealAudio-158k)
A Virgem Mae Me Ensinou : Hymn 44 (RealAudio-469k)
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs, by K. Trout 
Plant Medicines and Shamanic Healing, by Ross Heaven
Vine of the Souls, by Charlie Kidder
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Pharmahuasca, Anahuasca and Vinho da Jurema, by Jonathan Ott
PREPARATION & RECIPES #
Ayahuasca Recipes, by Christian Rätsch
Ayahuasca Analogs and Pharmahuasca, by Christian Rätsch
Ayahuasca Preparations and Recipes, by Keeper of the Trout
EXPERIENCES #
Note on Psychonaut Refrigerators, by Spoon
My Spiritual Limbs Were Tied., by Kali
Intense ... Lingering ... Powerful, by Kclaw
I and Grandmother Meet , by Unoanimo
BOOKS #
The Antipodes of the Mind, by Benny Shanon
Ayahuasca Analogues, by Jonathan Ott
Ayahuasca Visions, by Luis Eduardo Luna & Pablo Amaringo
Ayahuasca and Ayahuasca Alkaloids, by K. Trout [online]
Forest of Visions, by Alex Polari de Alverga
Where the Gods Reign, by Richard Evans Schultes
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, by Mark Plotkin
O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca, by B. Labate and W. Araújo (Eds.)
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
My First Ayahuasca Experiences, by Nicholas Saunders
SPIRITUAL USE #
--União de Vegetal-- #
--Santo Daime-- #
Guided by the Moon, by Edward MacRae
--Other-- #
LAW #
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Ayahuasca Issue - MAPS, Autumn 1998
A cognitive-psychological study of ayahuasca - MAPS, Summer 1997
Ayahuasca Pharmacokinetics Study - MAPS, Summer 1995
VIDEO & DOCUMENTARY #
Making Ayahuasca, by Chris Kilham
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Psychedelic tea-sipping Oregon sect sues Uncle Sam - Portland Tribune, Sep 12, 2008
Santo Daime: the drug-fuelled religion - Times Online (Women's Section), Apr 7, 2008
Jungle fever - Times Online (Women's Section), Sep 9, 2007
Peru: Hell and Back - National Geographic Adventure
Tripping on Tea - Sollum - May 2005
Peru seeks tribal cure for addiction - BBC, Nov 5 2003
Shaman Bared [sic] From Using Ayahuasca Following Woman's Death - National Post (achived by CCE), Apr 26 2008
NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES #
Books on Ayahuasca, Edited by B. Labate et al. (Portuguese)
L'ayahuasca, le chamane et les initiés, Le Monde, Jul 2008 (Français)