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from the Bulletin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies
MAPS - Volume 8 Number 3 Autumn 1998


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Autumn 1998 - The Ayahuasca Issue
this photo was taken near Iquitos, Peru
by photographer Jim McGuire

The hand holds a cross section of Banisteriopsis caapi vine. It is covered in huito, a fruit pulp which is mixed with clay that stains the skin blue for several days. Some ayahuasqueros have people cover their bodies with huito as part of the regimen of cleansing in preparation for taking ayahuasca. - Jim McGuire

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