Just before dusk, 18 strangers enter a yurt on a Midwestern homestead. Peruvian tapestries decorate the walls of the large, round structure, and rattles stand poised for a ceremony. The participants — ...

This article was originally published on The Bluntness, and appears here with permission. Just a few years ago, ayahuasca was an unknown entheogenic tea shrouded in mystery. “The Medicine” originated ...

When brewed, the jungle vines and leaves that make ayahuasca have strange powers, often described as mystical. Ayahuasca is a psychedelic compound — along the lines of LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, ...

“Leon” is a young Brazilian man who has long struggled with depression. He keeps an anonymous blog, in Portuguese, where he describes the challenge of living with a mental illness that affects some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study found the first archeological evidence that the Incas used ayahuasca. A new analysis found traces of the drug in the hair ...

Maybe you’ve heard of ayahuasca, a mind-altering brew that many travel to South America to sample. Over the last few years public interest in this beverage—whose active ingredients are a combination ...

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We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, with reports of common mental health problems like stress, depression, and anxiety increasing every year. Millions of people suffer from these ...