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 #
Legal, Ethical, and Political Dimensions of Ayahuasca Consumption in Brazil - Beatriz Labate, Jun 2014
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 #
New Lands, by Alexander Satya
Awareness, by Thoth
Old Woman of the Jungle, by Jaguar
Shamanic Healing In Peru, by Sam
Serious Mental Trauma, by RQuetzali 
BOOKS #
Fishers of Men - Adam Elenbaas, 2010
The Antipodes of the Mind - Benny Shanon, 2002
Ayahuasca Analogues - Jonathan Ott, 1994
Ayahuasca Visions - Eduardo Luna & Amaringo, 1993
Ayahuasca and Ayahuasca Alkaloids - K. Trout, 1998 [online]
Forest of Visions - Alex Polari de Alverga, 1999
Where the Gods Reign - Richard Evans Schultes, 1988
Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice - Mark Plotkin, 1993
O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca - B. Labate and W. Araújo (Eds.), 2002
Ethnopharmacologic Search for Psychoactive Drugs - D.H. Efron (ed.) (PDF), 1967
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Ayahuasca - Wikipedia.org
Ayahuasca - TripSit.me
Ayahuasca-related Texts - Bia Labate's Site
Ayahuasca, DMT, and other related Tryptamines - Disembodied Eyes
Yage - Disembodied Eyes
Ayahuasca - Deoxy
My First Ayahuasca Experiences - Nicholas Saunders, 1993
SPIRITUAL USE #
--União do Vegetal-- #
--Santo Daime-- #
The Use of Ayahuasca by the Santo Daime Religion - MAPS, 1992
Guided by the Moon - by Edward MacRae, 1992
A Personal Experience at a Daime Service - C. Bergquist, 1996
Santo Daime Account - Nicholas Saunders, 1996
--Other-- #
Shamanism - Deoxy
Ayahuasca Healing Session - M. Dobkin de Rios
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 - Chris Kilham
Eye of the Needle: An Ayahuasca Journey - Daniel LeMunyan
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Chacruna - articles for a general audience
What To Do When You Freak Out During an Ayahuasca Ceremony -Misha Almira, 2015
Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before My First Ayahuasca Experience - 2016, Tony @ Warrior.do
MEDIA COVERAGE #
DEA orders Orange County church to stop psychedelic tea ceremonies - WFTV-9 (Florida), Aug 10, 2016
PeruÕs ayahuasca industry booms as westerners search for alternative healing - The Guardian, Jun 7, 2016
Indigenous groups unhappy with the growing number of Ayahuasca retreats - Peru this Week, May 20, 2016
Briton stabbed to death by Canadian during 'bad trip' in Amazon spiritual ceremony - Guardian, Dec 17 2015
The Pale Cast of Thought - Harpers, Oct 2014
Why do people take ayahuasca? - BBC, Apr 29 2014
Who is authorized to be a Shaman in Colombia? Reflections after Deaths in a Hybrid Ayahuasca Ceremony - Bia Labate, Aug 2011
Children of a Higher God - Wilamette Weekly, Mar 2 2011
Psychedelic Tea Brews Unease - WSJ, Sep 16 2009
Santo Daime: the drug-fuelled religion - Times Online, 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, Apr 26 2008
NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES #
Xamanismo e ciencia - Tropico, 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)