Bit closer than South America. Not sure why anyone would want some stranger sitting with them while they take ayahuasca but each to his own.
As dark falls, Taita Isaías Muñoz Macanilla, a traditional doctor and an Indigenous activist from Putumayo, cleanses a tree-fringed outdoor clearing and the participants seated in a circle in preparation for their first ayahuasca ceremony.
But they are not in the Amazon. Instead, they are in a boutique hotel in Barcelona.
Legal issues mean most European countries are off-limits for practising ayahuasca, but Spain and Portugal are often described as uniquely “permissive” environments, Carbó explains.
“This is not because ayahuasca is explicitly legal, but because of how their legal frameworks operate in practice. In both countries, ayahuasca as a brew is not specifically scheduled, which places it in a legal grey zone rather than under a clear prohibition,” he says.
As dark falls, Taita Isaías Muñoz Macanilla, a traditional doctor and an Indigenous activist from Putumayo, cleanses a tree-fringed outdoor clearing and the participants seated in a circle in preparation for their first ayahuasca ceremony.
But they are not in the Amazon. Instead, they are in a boutique hotel in Barcelona.
Legal issues mean most European countries are off-limits for practising ayahuasca, but Spain and Portugal are often described as uniquely “permissive” environments, Carbó explains.
“This is not because ayahuasca is explicitly legal, but because of how their legal frameworks operate in practice. In both countries, ayahuasca as a brew is not specifically scheduled, which places it in a legal grey zone rather than under a clear prohibition,” he says.
