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 traditionally made from the B. caapi vine and admixtures such as P. viridis (and/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 #
HEALTH #
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 #
Short Glossary of the Terms Used in the União do Vegetal, by Labate et al.
1960s Media Coverage of Ayahuasca and the UDV, by Labate et al.
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)
LAW #
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Cura, cura, cuerpecito [Heal, heal, little body], by B. Labate & J. C. Bouso 
Ayahuasca: alkaloids, plants & analogs, by K. Trout
Plant Medicines and Shamanic Healing, by Ross Heaven
Vine of the Souls, by Charlie Kidder
The Ritual Use of Plants of Power (Intro and Chapter Summaries)
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 #
(Teddy) Bear Totem, by Samanthe
Held in the Arms of God, Too Early, by shruming human
Unique Psychic Difficulties 14 months After, by DJ2008
Alive Again, by Sole
The Art of Letting Go, by Johnny
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.)
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs, by D.H. Efron (ed.) (PDF)
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
My First Ayahuasca Experiences, by Nicholas Saunders
SPIRITUAL USE #
--União do 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
Eye of the Needle - An Ayahuasca Journey, by Daniel LeMunyan
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Why do people take ayahuasca?, BBC, 29 Apr 2014
Who is authorized to be a Shaman in Colombia? Reflections after Deaths in a Hybrid Ayahuasca Ceremony, Bialabate.net, Aug 2011
Children of a Higher God, Wilamette Weekly, Mar 2, 2011
Psychedelic Tea Brews Unease, WSJ, Sep 16 2009
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
The Pale Cast of Thought - Leveritt T, Harpers, Oct 2014
NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES #
Xamanismo e ciência, Trópico, Aug 2009 (Portuguese)
Books on Ayahuasca, Edited by B. Labate et al. (Portuguese)
L'ayahuasca, le chamane et les initiés, Le Monde, Jul 2008 (Français)