Ayahuasca in the Bolivian Amazon

Figure 1: A recreation of an ayahuasca caused hallucination (Illustration by Pablo Amaringo; Charing et al. 2011)

Figure 2: The ayahusaca vine, leaves, and flowers modeled in Maya.

Figure 3: The ayahuasca shrub model in Maya.

Figure 4: The leaf from the ayahuasca plant, modeled in Maya.

Figure 5: An illustration of a sprig of the ayahuasca plant (Artwork by Smith Barba 2003: 193 Figure 16.1).

Figure 6: A colored illustration of the ayahuasca plant (Drawing by Donna Torres 2012).

Figure 7: The full ayahuasca vine model with a human model to show scale

Figure 8: The ayahuasca leaves and bark being placed into a boiling pot to make the ayahuasca tea from Penn Box.

Figure 9: The preparatory process of brewing ayahuasca tea including the wood for the fire, pot, lid, large leaves, small leaves, bark scrapings, and cup with a human model to show scale.

Figure 10: The preparatory process of producing the ayahuasca tea, consisting of small leaves, large leaves, bark, wood, a pot with boiling water, the top of the pot, and a cup for the tea.

Figure 11: Smaller leaves are first placed into the pot of boiling water to create ayahuasca tea.

Figure 12: The bark scrapings or cut down sections of the vine’s bark is placed into the pot next.

Figure 13: The big leaves are finally placed into the pot of boiling water.

Figure 14: The lid is placed onto the pot to help the tea brew faster.

Figure 15: The final product: the ayahuasca tea in a small cup.

Figure 16: Storyboard

Figure 17: Alteration of the adult woman model’s face