variants
or yagé
or less commonly yaje
or yajé
: ayahuasca
Among students at Columbia University, Michael Taussig has a glamorous reputation. An anthropologist who specializes in South America, he has hung out with shamans and tripped on yage, a potent hallucinogen, dozens of times.—
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Soon, Lee asks Allerton to accompany him to Ecuador to find the yage, or as it’s more commonly known, ayahuasca.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
He was obsessed with the idea that yage could enhance telepathy.
—Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
While all this is going on, Lee has developed a fascination for a South American plant called yage (aka ayahuasca) that apparently gives users telepathic powers and has caused an intelligence war between the CIA and the Kremlin.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
He was obsessed with the idea that yage could enhance telepathy.
—Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
While all this is going on, Lee has developed a fascination for a South American plant called yage (aka ayahuasca) that apparently gives users telepathic powers and has caused an intelligence war between the CIA and the Kremlin.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Yage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yage. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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