How Māori People Are Reclaiming Psychedelic Mushroom Medicine

An Indigenous-led clinical trial in New Zealand is rekindling ancestral psychoactive practices for addiction and mental health treatment. The hot summer sun beamed brightly onto Rangiwaho Marae (ancestral meeting grounds) in Gisborne. Beneath intricate carvings of ancestors in the wharenui (ancestral meeting house), a melodic karakia (ritual prayer or blessing) softly filled the sacred space. […]