RESOURCES
The following links cover a wide range of resources related to ayahuasca, plant medicine, shamanism and the wider psychedelic community.
News & Information
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Lucid News
Information hub supporting essential psychedelic journalism. Covers topics that include how psychedelics are integrating into modern society and what implications these substances have for human wellness.
www.lucid.news
Psychedelic Times
A hub for new developments in the science and application of psychedelics for healing and therapy. Psychedelic Times shares the latest news, research, and happenings around the study of psychedelics as tools of healing, recovery, and therapy.
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today is the planetary leader in psychedelic education, media and advocacy. Through compelling content, thoughtful conversation and industry-leading education, Psychedelics Today has the largest global reach of any media platform in the modern psychedelic realm.
Erowid
Erowid is a member-supported organization providing access to reliable, non-judgmental information about psychoactive plants, chemicals, and related issues.
Psychedelic Experience
Psychedelic Experience is a comprehensive online resource for information surrounding psychedelic substances. They are a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.
Entheonation
EntheoNation is a transformational media company and web show featuring visionaries pioneering the cutting-edge of awakening through psychedelic science, modern shamanism, and visionary culture.
The Third Wave
Third Wave’s mission is to provide a trusted and reputable resource for intentional, responsible psychedelic use. They do that by sharing research-based content and training that helps you feel safe, supported, and empowered as you follow your path towards personal transformation with psychedelics.
Research & Education
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Kahpi
Kahpi publishes academic, esoteric and real-world knowledge about ayahuasca in language that ordinary people can understand. They aim to create a bridge between indigenous and local knowledge and academic and popular thought.
Chacruna
The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines produces high-quality research on plant medicines and psychedelics, and helps propagate academic knowledge in more accessible formats.
ERIE
ERIE is dedicated to sharing entheogenic and transpersonal knowledge. They are a hub of integration information for entheogenic and transpersonal experiences, and also host peer integration circles to facilitate meaning-making and community building.
MAPS
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.
ICEERS
The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming society’s relationship with psychoactive plants.
Beckley Foundation
Since its creation in 1998, the Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform and scientific research into psychoactive substances. They collaborate with leading scientific and political institutions worldwide to design and develop ground-breaking research and global policy initiatives.
Heffter Research Institute
The Heffter Research Institute promotes research of the highest scientific quality with the classic hallucinogens and related compounds (sometimes called psychedelics) in order to contribute to a greater understanding of the mind leading to the improvement of the human condition, and to alleviate suffering.
Integration Resources
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Psychedelic Support
Psychedelic Support is a community resource for connection to an experienced network of therapists, doctors, and counselors offering health care services. They also offer accredited educational courses about psychedelics.
Psychedelic Integration
List by MAPS
The Psychedelic Integration List is a resource of individuals and organizations in the mental health field who help people integrate past psychedelic experiences.
Fireside Project
The Fireside Project helps people minimize the risks of psychedelic experiences in ways such as providing compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive peer support, educating the public, and furthering psychedelic research.
Recommended Reading
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The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
By Jeremy Narby
Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism
By Stephan Beyer
Vegetalismo: Shamanism Among the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon
By Luis Eduardo Luna
By Petro Popescu
Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers
By Richard Schultes, Albert Hoffman, et al.
The Jaguar that Roams the Mind: An Amazonian Plant Spirit Odyssey
By Robert Tindall
Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond
By Bia Labate and Clancy Cavnar
Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman
By Pablo Amaringo and Luis Eduardo Luna
Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine
By Luis Eduardo Luna
Vine of the Soul: Medicine Men, Their Plants and Rituals in the Colombian Amazonia
By Richard Schultes and Robert Raffauf
The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and Western Imagination
By Andrei A. Znamenski
A Hallucinogenic Tea, Laced with Controversy: Ayahuasca in the Amazon & the United States
By Marlene Dobkin de Rios and Roger Rumrrill
Ayahuasca in My Blood: 25 Years of Medicine Dreaming
By Peter Gorman
Medicine Art
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Zach Otte
Landscapes, rivers and oceans inspire the art of Zach Otte. He draws on experience with diverse cultures around world, including studies in plant medicine.
Anderson Debernardi
Ayahausca-inspired art by Anderson Debernardi. his famed teacher, Pablo Amaringo, and has grown a worldwide following.
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