The Chacruna Chronicles

Chacruna honors tradition and culture by centering Indigenous leadership, regional voices, and culturally grounded approaches to psychedelics. Through the Indigenous Reciprocity Initiative, Chacruna Latinoamérica, Psychedelic Culture, and Religious Freedom work, we support the protection of sacred plants, land, and knowledge while amplifying lived experience, language, spirituality, and history. Together, these initiatives create space for ethical engagement, cross-cultural dialogue, and long-term relationships rooted in respect, responsibility, and care for the cultural lineages that shape psychedelic traditions.

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Rethinking Psychedelic Risk

Bia Labate argues psychedelic risk is exaggerated through colonial, moralizing narratives that conflate risk with...

Caring for the Vine

Indigenous communities in Acre and ayahuasca religions are increasingly shifting from wild harvesting to cultivation,...

Reimagining Allyship and Power in the Psychedelic Field

Neizer explores the concept of lateral allyship in the psychedelic field, highlighting how privilege, solidarity,...

The Future of Ayahuasca Under Dispute in Brazil

Brazil’s ayahuasca regulation reveals deep contradictions: institutional churches are protected, while Indigenous practices face bureaucratic...

The Return of the Shaman: The Forest Revolution

Indigenous peoples in Acre revitalize ayahuasca practices to restore culture, autonomy, and alliances after decades...

Psychedelics, Chloroquine for the Climate Pandemic?

Marcelo Leite argues that psychedelics cannot solve the ecological crisis. While Indigenous peoples use them...

Ayahuasca and Menstruation: Reflections Based on the Experiences of Santo Daime Women

Paulina Valamiel explores how menstruation shapes women’s experiences with ayahuasca, particularly within the Santo Daime...

Kambo: Discoverings Its Origins

Historical records from 1881–1936 in the Guyanas describe frog-based scarification rituals enhancing hunters’ skills. Linked...

Where Harm is Structural, Care is Revolutionary

Metzineres, based in El Raval, Barcelona, is a feminist, harm reduction–focused cooperative supporting women and...

Between East and West: Rediscovering Egypt’s Forgotten Psychedelic Psychiatry (1950s-1970s)

A forgotten cache of LSD-25 in Cairo reveals Egypt’s overlooked role in early psychedelic psychiatry....

Authors

Chacruna Chronides is shaped by a diverse community of writers, researchers, and practitioners who bring depth, nuance, and critical perspective to the psychedelic field. We are grateful to all of our authors for their contributions.

If you are interested in contributing, we invite you to join our growing network of voices by sending an inquiry via chronicles@chacruna.net.

 

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