Ayahuasca
Naturally occurring plant alkaloids could slow down Alzheimer's disease, study suggests
May 27, 2011 — A family of naturally occurring plant compounds could help prevent or delay memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). Beta-carboline alkaloids could potentially be used in therapeutic drugs to stop, or at least slow down, the progressively debilitating effects of Alzheimer's, according to the study published recently in the scientific journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) One .
Magnificent Visions
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Article Modern Shamanism by Serge Kahili King "You look more modern than I thought you'd be," said the visitor as we sat in my comfortable living room overlooking the ocean that surrounds the island of Kaua'i.
Modern Shamanism, by Serge Kahili King
AYAHUASCA: An Overview of an Extraordinary Healing Plant and its Companions
The Ayahuasca medicine usually contains both beta-carboline and tryptamine alkaloids. However, some indigenous Amazonian cultures, i.e.
Erik Davis has just been off to see James Cameron's SciFi-meets- Dances With Wolves -meets- Princess Mononoke epic, Avatar . He likes it. But Davis also makes the connection between the eco-spirtualism of the film and modern ayahuasca culture:
Avatar and Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca and Creativity Benny Shanon, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University PDF version of this document