Researchers have found evidence that hallucinogenic plants were used on children as part of sacrificial rituals in Peru hundreds of years ago. Ritual ceremonies played an important role in the Inca ...

Long-term users of ayahuasca may process emotional experiences differently than those who do not use the substance, according ...

You may have heard about an Amazonian brew called ayahuasca, a psychedelic traditional plant medicine that has been imbued with spiritual and psychological healing properties. Although ayahuasca is ...

A recent toxicology analysis of the 500-year-old remains of two small children sacrificed in a ritual atop southern Peru’s Ampato volcano showed that the children’s hair and fingernails contained ...

Researchers studying mummified human remains from ancient Peruvian civilizations have found evidence of the earliest use of psychedelic plants — in some cases before human sacrifice rituals. A study ...

Given the recent Western uptick in ayahuasca use, a new study from the University of Melbourne took a closer look with data from an online Global Ayahuasca Survey, carried out between 2017 and 2019, ...

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said on a podcast this week that he had used the drug ayahuasca and that it had led to the “best season” he has had in his NFL career. Rogers said he tried ...

The growing popularity and increased commercialization of ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew, may be harming the Amazon forest where its two key ingredients grow. In the Brazilian state of Acre, ...

A psychedelic drug Prince Harry says cleansed his troubled mind alters the perception of reality, according to new research. The Duke of Sussex drank the Amazonian herbal tea Ayahuasca to help him ...