Erowid Ayahuasca Vault : Timeline

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Ayahuasca

Timeline

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905–1170		Ritual bundle found in a funerary site in SW Bolivia contains remnants of DMT, Harmine, Bufotenine, Cocaine, and possibly Psilocin, along with snuff tablets, a snuff tube, llama bone scrapers, and a head band. The find is notable because of the presence of a number of psychoactive chemicals, as well as the combined presence of DMT and Harmine. 1 [More Info]
1841		Harmaline first synthesized from Syrian rue.
1852		Earliest known western record of the psychoactive effects of ayahuasca Banisteriopsis caapi in the Brazilian Amazon. 2 [Details] English ethnobotanist Richard Spruce describes the use of the ayahuasca vine (which he names Banisteria caapi) by the Tukanoan Indian tribes in Brazil and Colombia. He observes a caapi ritual and imbibes a small amount of ayahuasca tea. Spruce wrote: "This is all I have seen and learnt of caapi or ayahuasca.... Some traveller who may follow my steps with greater resources at his command will, it is hoped, be able to bring away materials adequate for the complete analysis of this curious plant" (Spruce 1908, 1873).
1858		First widely read description of yage practices was published. 3
1923		A film of South American yage ceremonies was shown at the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
1968		Holmstedt, Lindgren, and Agurell hypothesize that the effects of ayahuasca are caused by a combination of naturally occurring monoamine oxidase inhibitors and DMT. 4
Oct 28-29, 2010		Pratiques Contemporaines des Plantes Psychotropes [Contemporary Practices with Psychotropic Plants] [Details] [More Info] Held at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland and produced by the Institute of Ethnology, this event featured presenters from France, Switzerland, Spain, and Peru, including Sébastien Baud, Christian Ghasarian, François Kaech, Rama Leclerc, Jacques Mabbit, Ilario Rossi, Marie-Laure Schick, and Bernard Weniger, as well as a documentary exhibition.
Jun 17, 2011		European Ayahuasca Research Symposium [Details] [More Info] Held at UvA, Oude Manhuispoort 4-6, in Amsterdam, Holland. This symposium was a multidisciplinary series of lectures that focused on current research being done in Europe. Experts from different disciplines presented their studies on ayahuasca’s effects on health, neural functioning and consciousness. Some of the speakers were Brian Anderson, Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Rama Leclerc, Janine Schmidt, Christian Raetsch, Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, and Diana Trimble.
Mar 4, 2012		Ayahuasca in a Global Context [Details] [More Info] Held in San Francisco, CA, and produced by the Psychedelic Society of San Francisco, this lecture by Beatriz Caiuby Labate related to the "Controversies, Public Debate, and Regulation" surrounding ayahuasca also acted as a book release party for her recent 448-page tome The Internationalization of Ayahuasca.

References

Miller M, Albarracin-Jordan J, et al. "Chemical evidence for the use of multiple psychotropic plants in a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle from South America". PNAS. May 6, 2019. [ Erowid Reference ]
Spruce, R. In: Wallace, AR (Ed.) Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes. London: Macmillan. 1908; and: Spruce, R. "Ocean Highways". Geographical Review n.s. No. 55(Aug):184. 1873. As cited in Schultes, RE. "The beta-Carboline Hallucinogens of South America" Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 14(3):205-220. 1982.
Stafford P. Psychedelics Encyclopedia. Ronin. 1992.
Ott, J. "Pharmahuasca, Anahuasca and Vinho da Jurema: Human Pharmacology of Oral DMT Plus Harmine". Yearbook for Ethnomedicine. 1997/98.