ayahuasca
ayahuasca
Definition
aya·huasca (ä′yä wäs′kä)
noun
- a hallucinogenic drink containing harmine, CHNO, prepared by Amazonian Indians from the bark of various vines of a genus (Banisteriopsis, esp. B. caapi) of the malpighia family
- any of these vines
Etymology: AmSp < Quechua, lit., vine of the dead < aya, cadaver + huasca, vine
ayahuasca
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: The world we witness when we take ayahuasca is one of magic and mystery.
Modifies a noun
- retreat: There is no difference of price for doing a normal ayahuasca retreat or the shamanic plant teachers diet.
- ceremony: Ayahuasca ceremony, at night, with Don Pedro Leon.
- healing: There is a minimum time of one week, for ayahuasca healing retreats in Onanyan Shobo.
- medicine: Strictly, with no exceptions, people with diabetes must not drink the ayahuasca medicine.
