Introduction: Clarice Lispector, one of the most important voices in Brazilian literature, often described states of altered consciousness in her narratives. In novels such as The Passion According to G.H. and Água Viva, she evokes intense experiences of derealization, emotional flooding, distortion of time and space, and mystical insight. These descriptions are strikingly like the subjective...
Case report: A 57-year-old woman was referred to our service after noticing difficulty in coordinating the movements of the right hand. The symptoms occurred after she consumed ayahuasca in a religious ceremony and persisted after the psychedelic effects weaned off. On the first evaluation, she had right hemiataxia and increased blood pressure (200/100 mmHg). The head computed tomography (CT)...