Imagine walking through a dense rainforest with an indigenous elder who can identify hundreds of plants by sight, smell, and touch—knowing precisely which leaf can cure a fever, which root can ease pain, and which bark can purify water. This profound relationship between people and plants lies at the heart of ethnobotany, a fascinating interdisciplinary…

Sceletium tortuosum, commonly known as Kanna, is a succulent plant indigenous to South Africa that has piqued the interest of botanists, medical professionals, and ethnobotanists for centuries. Its journey from traditional use by the San people to becoming the subject of modern clinical research encapsulates a fascinating intersection of botany, history, pharmacology, and potential therapeutic…

Order the book here In Service of AyahuascaA Medical Doctor’s Journey Into an Ancient Healing Tradition Foreword byDon José Campos, Peruvian Vegetalista(translated by Ali Iwaskow) The term vegetalista was coined by the healers of the Amazon rainforest to describe themselves. In the mountains you won’t hear the term used, nor on the coast; it is…

This paper presents a qualitative comparative analysis exploring apparent visual correspondences between the Buddhabrot fractal and symbolic materials associated with the Unus Mundus (related to cosmic order, union of opposites and other themes) or linked to altered states of mind. The findings highlight subjective visual similarities between the Buddhabrot’s fractal patterns and some symbolic materials…

With great sadness, late last week I learned of the untimely passing of an esteemed colleague and friend – Jonathan Ott. Members of the psychedelic community will be well familiar with Jonathan’s work. Jonathan was an ethnopharmacologist, natural products chemist, psychonaut, teacher, and scholar of all things psychedelic.

For untold millennia, humanity has used plants for healing. The earliest use of plants as medicines may have originated from accidental discoveries of the ability of certain plants to alleviate pain, accelerate the healing of wounds, ease the symptoms of fevers or coughs, induce sleep or wakefulness, or any number of other beneficial properties that…

Effects of Huachuma as Measured by QEEG: Pre-Post and During Experience ABSTRACT Huachuma is a cactus which has been used in the Andes for ceremonial purposes for thousands of years. Huachuma, also known as San Pedro, contains mescaline along with other alkaloids and is used in shamanic practices in traditional cultures in the highlands of…

This paper introduces the hypothesis of Psychedelic Iatrogenic Structural Dissociation (PISD), proposing that psychedelics may reactivate dissociated traumatic material, increasing the risk of psychological destabilization in trauma-exposed individuals.

The seeds of my later life were planted early… I have always had vivid dreams and dreamy days watching clouds and climbing a tree that was enveloped by vines that had flowers with a wonderful scent that were surrounded by bees.I climbed a special tree and nestled in the natural hammock vines created. It was…