Somebody in the Amazon out of 150,000 different species of plants and trees selected two that are not psychoactive on their own, but when put together create an extraordinary visionary brew. Ayahuasca means the vine of the dead, and what it’s connected to in South American religious and spiritual thinking is what happens to us when we die.
It is so alien, so huge, so complete in itself, so unrelated to our petty concerns on this planet.
