In search of the Divine Vegetal

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio One channel will feature on its program Ideas a two-hour documentary about ayahuasca on November 19th and 26th. It is possible to listen on the Internet by streaming audio in real-team when it is broadcast (check time zone differences). Click here.

Among the people interviewed are Jessica Rochester (Canadian Santo Daime Leader), Alex Polari de Alverga (Brazilian Santo Daime Leader), Jacques Mabit (Takiwasi Center, Peru) and Dennis McKenna (Researcher).

IN SEARCH OF THE DIVINE VEGETAL, Part 1 - Monday, November 19, 9:00 p.m.; Part 2 - Monday, November 26, 9:00 p.m.

From the Amazon jungles to downtown Canada, ideas about Ayahuasca revive a decades-old argument about the uses and abuses, the ecstasies and the efficacies of mind-altering plants. Ayahuasca has been part of shamanic tradition for centuries. Broadcasters Thomas McKinnon and Leonard Cler-Cunningham travel the old trails, attend the ceremonies, and debate the religious, economic and political questions surrounding the divine vegetal.