Welcome to Ayahuasca Info

This website is dedicated to a magical potion from the Amazon basin which is known as ayahuasca. Here you can find information on the different ingredients that are used to make this brew, the way it's used by indigenous people, and what you can expect when you take it yourself.

Traditionally this beverage contains a combination of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine and the leaves of the Psychotria viridis (or alternatively the Diplopterys cabrerana). It has now been determined what the active components of these ingredients are, and some people have used plants from other parts of the world to make similar herbal potions. You can read about this in the botany and chemistry pages.

The most important active component in ayahuasca as far as its visionary qualities are concerned is a substance called DMT (dimethyltryptamine). DMT has a powerful effect on consciousness that is difficult to describe in words. It's described by many as "spiritual", and is characterized by detailed, very bright and colourful visions. Indigenous people say that during their trance, which lasts approximately four hours, they enter the world of the spirits and communicate with them, while psychologists consider DMT to be one of the hallucinogens, or psychedelics: "substances which make the soul visible."

We invite you to explore this site, read the interviews and prepare yourself well before you decide to try this powerful potion yourself. In case you are completely new to ayahuasca, we recommend you start by reading the introduction.

News

July 13, 2010 - CelebStoner reviews ‘Ayahuasca in my Blood’
Stoner website ‘CelebStoner’ put up a review of Peter Gorman’s book ‘Ayahuasca in My Blood’. An excerpt:

Ayahuasca in My Blood is a long, strange trip. Gorman repeatedly gulps the brew as he searches for answers to problems in his life. How can he make Chepa love him again? Can he help save his mother-in-law, who has cancer? What can he do about his alcohol habit?

Under the influence, Gorman transforms into a snake and explores. He flies from place to place and period to period in his life like he's in a time machine. All the while Julio gently guides him and the others during their psychedelic voyages. Gorman's descriptions are vivid. You fly right along with him as he searches for answers and fights off demons and evil spirits. Finally, he passes one of Julio's big tests and becomes a shaman himself.

A 68-page preview of 'Ayahuasca in My Blood' is available on Google Books. For more books related to ayahuasca, see our Books section.

July 8, 2010 - Release date set for The Spirit Molecule documentary
After being in production for five years, the (rough) release date for DMT: The Spirit Molecule documentary has now been announced. In October 2010 it will premiere and simulatenously be released on DVD. The producers are also hoping to have a live stream from the premiere. We’ve been looking forward to this documentary for quite some time, and after watching the latest trailer, the expectations are high.

Read more on blog.thespiritmolecule.com

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To read previous articles on ayahuasca go to the news page.

New experiences

May 22, 2009
Account of my first Ayahuasca experience
"I had gone beyond myself, transcended the confines of my rational mind and had dived headlong into the homeland of mystics. I was truly home. "More", I grunted, 'more!' My face locked in a primordial grimace as I struggled to gain physical control of my body. "MORE!!" I bellowed. I saw the plant as testing me, testing my resolve. Do you have what it truly takes? Do you have the mettle to die to yourself? Yes, I did. If I had to walk the warrior's path and descend into the deepest and darkest levels of hell, then so be it. I would. I had surrendered my old self, had been seared alive by my own misconceptions and illusions and had survived this to be reborn. I could do this! ."

To read this and other reports, visit our experience section. We would like to expand our experience database. For this we need your help! Please share your ayahuasca experience(s) by writing a report. Contact us here. Thanks!