Trippy: the peril and promise of medicinal psychedelics

Preface

Part 1: In Brazil, an unraveling and an off-ramp. A twisted ritual

"Have a good journey"

A lineage of unstable minds

The Yawanawá : the tribe that sprang back from the brink of extinction

Holy ayahuasca

Part 2: The wild west of psychedelic retreats in Latin America. A tripping Buddhist

A rape in the rainforest

"Boot camp healing" : the ayahuasca queer retreat in Peru

Chasing miracles in Costa Rica

Part 3: In churches and clinics, Americans turn to psychedelics to heal. The ayahuasca churches

The new psychedelic churches ministering to veterans

Reminiscing on my wars

A ketamine "field trip"

"Wrecking ball" : MDMA as medicine at a VA hospital

Epilogue: Contemplating a magic pill.