At Chacruna: The Indigenous Ayahuasca Universe

Oscar Calavia-Sáez, Ph.D

What differentiates indigenous ayahuasca use from the universe that has erupted out of it is, in the first place, its indefiniteness. Used across the globe and far from the Indian villages, ayahuasca now means religion, whatever that may mean: be it legal or clandestine, redemptive or dangerous, primitive or spiritual fruit of the New Age, it is still religion. In the indigenous context it is much more difficult to say what ayahuasca is... continue reading.