Michael Tappan
Reflections from a Cave at Tundo Poglo recounts the author’s experiences participating in an Andean initiation led by Quechua shamans, and offers his reflections about the myth of Pandora’s box and the use of oracular caves in ancient Greece.

Jacques Mabit, M.D., with Claire Sieber
The Evolution of a Pilot Drug Treatment Program Using Ayahuasca relates the story of how the author, a French medical doctor, was inspired to incorporate the use of ayahuasca and other traditional medicine practices within an experimental program for treating drug addicts in Peru.

Susana Bustos
The House That Sings: The Therapeutic Use of Icaros at Takiwasi explores the role of shamanic songs in guiding and shaping ayahuasca experiences at Takiwasi, a drug treatment center in Tarapota, Peru.

Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D.
The Role of Icaros, or Magical Chants, Among Peru’s Mestizo Shamans, an essay excerpted from the book Portals of Powers (edited by E. Jean Matteson Langdon and Gerhard Baer), describes the shamanic use of icaros within traditional ayahuasca ceremonies.

Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D.
Journeys into Shamanic Realities, an excerpt from the author’s new book When the Impossible Happens: Adventures in Non-Ordinary Realities, relates some extraordinary events experienced in alternate realities.

ON THE FRONT COVER: “Illumination,” a painting by Scott Cranmer, portrays visionary themes inspired by the artist’s entheogenic explorations.

ON THE BACK COVER: “Invoking La Señora de la Selva (Lady of the Forest),” by Timothy White, explores the ceremonial use of ayahuasca icaros.

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