![]() In healing, its uses include identification of illness origin, shamanic journeys to restore soul loss, extraction of pathogenic objects, and shamanic fights with the animated agents of illness. Traditionally ayahuasca was also used in warfare, divination, for artistic inspiration, and as the main theme of cultural narratives. ![]() It falls under Michael Winkelman’s definition of “psychointegrators” because of its physiological effects that integrate emotion and conscious, pre-conscious, and unconscious processes. It is made from the stem of the ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi, or in Quechua, “the vine of the ancestors”) and the leaves of either the chacruna (Psychotria viridis) or chagropanga (Diplopterys cabrerana).Īyahuasca is associated with healing in collective ceremonies and in more intimate contexts, generally under the direction of specialists-ayahuasqueros. ![]() ![]() Ayahuasca is a sacred brew that has a long history of ritual use among indigenous groups of the Upper Amazon. ![]()
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