Amazonian Biota
Mark J. Plotkin
The Amazon June 23, 2020 DOI: 10.1093/wentk/9780190668297.003.0004 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
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| Key points | Describes ayahuasca as an Amazonian liana mixed with other plants that has become widely celebrated internationally as a plant of power, knowledge, and healing, and notes that it has spawned two state-recognized neo-religions. |
Abstract
Plants What is ayahuasca? From Argentina to Australia, from Israel to Istanbul, a once-obscure Amazonian liana, admixed with a few other plants, is now celebrated—and even venerated—as a plant of power, knowledge, and healing that has spawned two state-recognized neo-religions. Ayahuasca is—first and foremost—a...