Co-authors Beatriz Labate and Clancy Cavnar will present their new edited publication, The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies (Routledge, 2017). Leopardo Yawa Bane, from the Huni Kuin (Kaxinawa) tribe in the Brazilian Amazon will present reflections on the globalization of ayahuasca from an indigenous perspective. Leopardo Yawa Bane will be a featured presenter on the Psymposia Stage in the Marketplace at Psychedelic Science 2017. The book tackles questions surrounding the rapid expansion of the use of ayahuasca — a psychoactive sacrament that has long been associated with Amazonian shamanism. In it, scholars discuss the legal issues, economic inequalities, and other controversies tied to its expansion. Learn more…
