I hunted Google Images for photos of people preparing ayahuasca and for images created by artists intending to express what they saw in their trances. I don't own any of the copyrights on these pictures.
1. Ayahuasca
Its preparation,
and its effects
as illustrated by various artists
Hinweis der Redaktion
AShipibo woman blowing smoke on ayahuasca vines as an offering and prayer.
Chacruna bushes
Chopped and pounded ayahuasca vines with the leaves of an admixture plant, probably chacruna (Psychotriaviridis) and some unidentified chips from a tree whose spirit the shaman wishes to invoke.
Not the flash …
And then you close your eyes and things get dark for a while.