title: Ayahuasca and human destiny.
abstract: In this essay, the author shares his personal reflections gleaned from a lifetime of research with ayahuasca, and speculates on the societal, political, planetary, and evolutionary implications of humanity's aeons-old symbiosis with this shamanic plant. The thesis is developed that at this critical historical juncture, ayahuasca has developed a strategy to broadcast its message to a wider world--a reflection of the urgent need to avert global ecological catastrophe. While ayahuasca has much to teach us, the critical question is, will humanity hear it, and heed it, in time?
authors.affiliation: Center for Spirituality and Healing, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 505, 420 Delaware Street, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McKenna
mesh_terms: D031581:Banisteriopsis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010684:Philosophy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs