A golden sun appears on a bed of molten-brown, churning thick liquid, like molé. The heat is oppressive, leaden. A disembodied voice in my head, not mine, says, “Guatemala.” No, not Guatemala, I ...

I am cold, cranky, and covered in leaves. It's nearing 10 p.m. on a Friday in November, and I'm lying outside on the ground in a flimsy sleeping bag. Around me, people are wailing and throwing up into ...

The Temple of the Way of Light is a shamanic healing centre offering intensive Ayahuasca retreats with female shamans (curanderas). We are located in a beautiful jungle setting surrounded by the ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

As the second ceremony commenced and I was handed my half-dose of the plant medicine, I took a deep breath and thought, "This is going to be an amazing night." I was transported to a cathedral-like ...

As dark falls, Taita Isaías Muñoz Macanilla, a traditional doctor and an Indigenous activist from Putumayo, cleanses a tree-fringed outdoor clearing and the participants seated in a circle in ...