Ayahuasca boom in Brazil - Remedy or risk?

The psychoactive substance ayahuasca is common in Brazil. For generations, indigenous people have incorporated it into their rituals. Researchers say it can serve as an alternative to anti-depressants - and as a way to treat drug addiction. Ayahuasca translates as "spirits of the woody vine.” In...

26 min - Spirituality & Wellness - DW Documentary

More: Mystics, Shamans & Psychedelics documentaries

Read Deeper: Mystics, Shamans & Psychedelics

1. How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan (3.3/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna - View on Amazon
4. The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby - View on Amazon

Watch Next

• The Rise and Rise of Psychedelics | High Society (20 min, VICE)
• The Toad Venom That's Stronger Than DMT: Bufo | High Society (35 min, VICE)
• The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The World (34 min, Veritasium)
• Psilocybin Medical Trial: The Healing Mushrooms (78 min, Real Stories)
• The Mysterious History Of Magic (What the Ancients Knew & We Lost) - Agrippa's Diary (22 min, After Skool)
• Science of Psilocybin - How it Works & Why it Exists (21 min, After Skool)
• The Best-Kept Secret in History - Brian Muraresku (14 min, After Skool)
• The Magic of Mushrooms - A Psilocybin Renaissance (35 min, After Skool)