http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:21:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/comment-page-1/#comment-175698 Arthur Email Bulletin No. 00160 | ARTHUR MAGAZINE - WE FOUND THE OTHERS Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:31:31 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/#comment-175698 [...] 1. AYAHUASCA IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Credit where credit is due: one of the most mainstream magazines there is—National fuckin’ Geographic—has just published the best (bar NONE) article ever on the subject of ayahuasca-as-medicine. Features a first-person account of two ayahuasca treatments by courageous reporter Kira Salak, as well as commentary/information/insights from leading, sensible Western ayahuasca researchers (Charles Grob at UCLA; Benny Shanon at Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and psychologist/author Ralph Metzner) and footage of the beginning of an ayahuasca session. No Pinchbeck 2012 newagenik nonsense. Professional journalism for the people at its finest. Key text for a lot of us: “‘Ayahuasca is perhaps a far more sophisticated and effective way to treat depression than SSRIs [antidepressant drugs],’ Grob concludes, adding that the use of SSRIs is ‘a rather crude way’ of doing it. And ayahuasca, he insists, has great potential as a long-term solution.” Read it in print, or checkit out via this link: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/ [...] [...] 1. AYAHUASCA IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Credit where credit is due: one of the most mainstream magazines there is—National fuckin’ Geographic—has just published the best (bar NONE) article ever on the subject of ayahuasca-as-medicine. Features a first-person account of two ayahuasca treatments by courageous reporter Kira Salak, as well as commentary/information/insights from leading, sensible Western ayahuasca researchers (Charles Grob at UCLA; Benny Shanon at Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and psychologist/author Ralph Metzner) and footage of the beginning of an ayahuasca session. No Pinchbeck 2012 newagenik nonsense. Professional journalism for the people at its finest. Key text for a lot of us: “‘Ayahuasca is perhaps a far more sophisticated and effective way to treat depression than SSRIs [antidepressant drugs],’ Grob concludes, adding that the use of SSRIs is ‘a rather crude way’ of doing it. And ayahuasca, he insists, has great potential as a long-term solution.” Read it in print, or checkit out via this link: http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/ [...]

]]> http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/comment-page-1/#comment-175616 Derek Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:19:23 +0000 http://www.arthurmag.com/2009/08/21/excellent-article-on-ayahuasca-in-new-national-geographic/#comment-175616 This was by far one of the best account of Ayahuasca I have ever read, I am extremely proud of National Geographic for releasing this, there is still hope. This was by far one of the best account of Ayahuasca I have ever read, I am extremely proud of National Geographic for releasing this, there is still hope.

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