International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research

Transformative Psychopharmacology: the Case of 5-Methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine

International Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research January 2, 2019 Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, Jan M. Keppel Hesselink

Since the 2nd part of last century neo-shamanic rituals using mind-altering extracts from plants or animals have become increasingly popular in Europe and the USA. The first rituals coming to the west were based on drinking a special Amazonian tea, Ayahuasca, based on 2 different plants, with active compounds belonging to the class of the beta-carbolines (harmala alkaloids) and tryptamines. The...