Re:Some Vermonters turn to ayahuasca as a 'last resort' to heal
by GuB-42 on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:04PM
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Ayahuasca is usually tied to a complex ritual involving fasting and guidance by a shaman. Taking the drug is only part of it.
It is not like with recreative drugs where is is more like "take a dose and see what happens".
I think it is the real difference, there is a lot of conditioning happening, both when sober and under influence. In the same way, dropping mescaline and participating in a Native American ritual involving Peyote can be a totally difference experience even though the chemical is the same, and in psychedelic therapies the therapy is the important part, the drug is just an assistance.
It is not like with recreative drugs where is is more like "take a dose and see what happens".
I think it is the real difference, there is a lot of conditioning happening, both when sober and under influence. In the same way, dropping mescaline and participating in a Native American ritual involving Peyote can be a totally difference experience even though the chemical is the same, and in psychedelic therapies the therapy is the important part, the drug is just an assistance.