As the second ceremony commenced and I was handed my half-dose of the plant medicine, I took a deep breath and thought, "This is going to be an amazing night." I was transported to a cathedral-like ...

Lizzie Sheehan, an Arvada native, landed in Lima, Peru, on March 9, and hopped on the next available flight to Iquitos, a city that sits on the Amazon River in the northeastern part of the country.

An American tourist who drank herbal tea containing the powerful hallucinogenic drug ayahuasca at a spiritual retreat in Peru has died. Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, from Alabama, passed away on Monday ...

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 ...

IQUITOS, Peru – The wooden path through the resort curves its way into the jungle, branching out into side trails that lead to huts with names like “Anaconda” and “House of Dreams.” The centerpiece of ...

An American tourist from Alabama, Aaron Wayne Castranova, 41, died after consuming the DMT-infused beverage of ayahuasca during a spiritual retreat in Peru. Reportedly, Castranova suffered multiple ...

Aaron Castranova, 41, died on June 1 after allegedly drinking ayahuasca brew during a ritual in Peru Manuel Medir/Getty Aaron Castranova, 41, died after allegedly consuming ayahuasca brew at a ...

I arrived in Cusco, Peru, about 48 hours before my first ayahuasca trip—a requirement to acclimate to the altitude of 11,152 feet. My plane touched down just after midnight, and I paid an Uber driver ...