“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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

Ayahuasca is a brew of Amazonian plants that have a psychoactive effect when combined. The substance has been used as medicine in indigenous South American cultures for thousands of years. More ...

True healing puts into order the body, mind and spirit with the past, present and future. What kind of agent or method or formula or treatment can help to effect such sweeping, integrated healing? I ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...