Shamanism, one of the world's oldest spiritual practices, is rooted in the belief that there is more to reality than what meets the eye....

Terence McKenna was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. He...

More than 2,000 years ago, the Tukano people of the Colombian Amazon may have documented the soundtracks to their hallucinogenic experiences...

by Darren Thompson Director of Media Relations Lakota People's Law Project   On Friday, April 12, the Native American Church of North Am...

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Have you ever wondered about the origins of modern Christmas traditions? What is the origin of the Christmas tree, with the star on top, dec...

An excerpt from my soon-to-be released memoir, Riding Spirit Horse: A Journey into Shamanism . Copyright © 2021 by Michael Drake.   I made m...

The Shipibo are a tribe from the Amazonian rainforest in Peru credited with holding the traditions of the powerful entheogenic brew ayahuasc...

Activists in Oregon are pushing for decriminalizing psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by more than 200 spec...

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In the fight for the land against mining multinationals, the Huicholes represent us all. They are the last Peyote Guardians. In his t...

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The hallucinogenic brew Ayahuasca has been used for centuries by South American rain forest shamans as a religious sacrament. The "s...