A golden sun appears on a bed of molten-brown, churning thick liquid, like molé. The heat is oppressive, leaden. A disembodied voice in my head, not mine, says, “Guatemala.” No, not Guatemala, I ...

Ayahuasca (ai-uh-wa-skuh), also known as yage, is a hallucinogenic plant-based brew used as medicine in regions of the Amazon. Using the Banisteriopsis vine and the Psychotria shrub, the potent ...

I am cold, cranky, and covered in leaves. It's nearing 10 p.m. on a Friday in November, and I'm lying outside on the ground in a flimsy sleeping bag. Around me, people are wailing and throwing up into ...

For a few twilight hours in a remote jungle of the Spanish Caribbean, I ceased to exist. On my first-ever ayahuasca retreat, a medicine journey that was facilitated by a local healing couple I met ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tilda Cobham-Hervey's Apple Cider Vinegar character, Lucy Guthrie, goes to an ayahuasca retreat in Peru in the new Netflix series.