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The cost of spiritual healing in the Amazon
2025 · 15 min · English
Nina Gualinga, from the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, watches ayahuasca get sold to outsiders as a shortcut to enlightenment and sees something closer to extraction than healing. Speaking through memories of her shaman grandfather, she lays out what gets lost when a sacred plant medicine becomes a tourist itinerary.
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Why it's free: Free on The Guardian's own channel; the paper produced and published it.