Tag: WomensHistory

LSD and Ayahuasca in Argentina: The Pioneering Work of a Psychoanalyst in the 1950s

Luisa Rebeca Gambier de Álvarez de Toledo was a pioneer in the field of psychoanalysis...

A Bridge Between Two Worlds: Ayahuasca and Intercultural Medicine – Interview with Anja Loizaga-Velder

In this interview, Ibrahim Gabriell speaks with Dr. Anja Loizaga-Velder, one of the main experts...

Lola “La Chata”. The first important drug trafficker in Mexico City (1934–1959)

Lola "La Chata," also known as María Dolores Estévez Zulueta, was the most famous heroin...

Integrating the Wisdom of Psychedelic History with Emily Willow

Dr. Emily Willow made it her mission to further the psychedelic renaissance through education, including...

Coming of Age in the Psychedelic Sixties

What was it like to come of age during the psychedelic sixties? Yvonne Negrin recounts...

Ayahuasca and Childbirth in the Santo Daime Tradition: Solidarity Among Women and Psychedelic Cultural Resistance

The use of ayahuasca during childbirth by women can be seen as an act of...

“It is not an orthodox psychotherapy”: An Interview with Ivonne Roquet, Daughter of a Psychedelic Pioneer in Mexico

Ivonne Roquet, daughter of psychedelic pioneer Salvador Roquet, reflects on her father's career in psychotherapy....

The Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion

The Santo Daime religion is named after its founder, Raimondo Irineu Serra's name for ayahuasca,...

Women Who Heal: Musicians in the Urban Ayahuasca Scene

Raizza Marins examines what role women musicians and the sacred feminine play in the burgeoning...