Thread: European Ayahuasca Research Symposium

European Ayahuasca Research Symposium

presented by Stichting OPEN and MAPS

– in collaboration with Bia Labate Ph.D., MAPS Hungary and Cognito –

The European Ayahuasca Research Symposium is a multidisciplinary series of lectures that
focuses on current research being done in Europe. Experts from various disciplines will present
their studies on ayahuasca’s effects on health, neural functioning and consciousness.

Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew made from plants native to the Amazon Basin. Ayahuasca’s
psychoactive effects are due, in pharmacological terms, to a mixture of beta-carbolines
(harmala alkaloids) and dimethyltryptamine (DMT). It is thought that, together with various
psychosocial and spiritual factors, these plants allow for the profound phenomenological
experiences that users report after drinking ayahuasca. This ‘tea’ has become increasingly used
for religious, therapeutic, shamanic and research purposes in Europe and other parts of the
world over the past few decades.

Location: UvA, Oude Manhuispoort 4-6, Amsterdam. Room D0.08
Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Date: June 17th, 2011
Admission: donation
Event on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148583491878964

Presenters:
Bia Labate, Ph.D. (BR)
Prof. Dr. Wouter Hanegraaf (NL)
Brian Anderson, MD/MSc cand. (USA)
Petra Bokor, MSc (HUN)
Rama Leclerc, Ph.D. (FR)
Janine Schmid, Ph.D. (DE)
Jörg Daumann, Ph.D. (DE)

For more information on speakers and the programme, visit http://www.stichtingopen.nl/ears for questions, please mail us at info[at]stichtingopen.nl

now if only i lived in amsterdam!