Ayahuasca and Degenerative Illness

The Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness lectures series presents: Ayahuasca and Degenerative Illness: A Personal and Anthropological Exploration of How One Woman Found Her Cure -- Exploring the serpent’s symbolic healing lineage from Asclepius to the Amazon, the next Ecology, Cosmos and Consciousness lecture will explore the use of psychedelics for treating degenerative illness. This month at the October Gallery in London, on Tuesday 26th July, medical anthropologist Aprile Blake, will take us on a personal journey across anthropology, acromegaly and ayahuasca

A profound story of how Ayahuasca, the entheogenic wonder of the Amazon, is healing one woman’s terminal illness. In her early 20s, Aprile Blake, was diagnosed with the rare, chronic, degenerative and deformative illness; 'Acromegaly'. Repelled by the consequences of the biomedical intervention, she delved into the surprising and expansive world of alternative and cross-cultural approaches to healing. This was the beginning of a life journey, the revealing of a dharma, as it were, which would ultimately lead to her salvation.