Ayahuasca in Villavicencio's Geografía de la República del Ecuador
An 1858 Ecuadorian account of ayahuasca visions and divination
Manuel Villavicencio's 1858 geography gives an early Spanish account of ayahuasca among Indigenous groups of eastern Ecuador, including divination, warfare, illness diagnosis, visionary effects, and a first-person report of his own experience.
1858
Source
Indigenous KnowledgeEthnobotanyMedicine
Manuel Villavicencio