Pachamama Sanctuary in Casco, Maine uses ayahuasca — a mind-altering drug — as a worship aid, something that is a longstanding tradition in some South American cultures.

Ayahuasca is an Amazonian plant medicine that has a unique effect that some people call spiritual. Pastor Derek Januszewski of Pachamama Sanctuary in Maine shared more detail.

Kimbal Musk said he "felt the voice of God" after a near-death experience and later taking ayahuasca. Elon Musk's younger brother broke his neck in a ski accident when he was 37. Ayahuasca is a ...

Alex Renko claimed that while on ayahuasca, he experienced “death” and realized he was a “God.” Alex Renko/ Instagram “It was like I am dying,” he said of the experience.

An online survey of ayahuasca users found that non-religious individuals tend to become more religious after experiencing entity encounters while under the influence of the substance. Although men ...

(The Conversation) — The psychotropic allure of the ayahuasca plant for hundreds of thousands of non-Indigenous consciousness seekers is raising many concerns.

The benefits of a mind altering drug called ayahuasca are still being studied. Psychedelic churches across the United States use the substance as a sacrament.

Why do people take ayahuasca? A growing number of people in the United States are turning to ayahuasca to address a range of mental ailments they say conventional medicine has failed to remedy.

In the heart of the Ecuadoran Amazon live the Cofan Avie, masters of ayahuasca—the powerful hallucinogenic concoction said to open the door to the "spirit" world.

Substances like ayahuasca and psilocybin can induce a sense of unity with the world—and even allow some users to “see God.” ...