Thomas Fischer
The narrative of ancient tribes around the world regularly using ayahuasca and magic mushrooms in healing practices is a popular one. Is it true? Beginning in 2001, the Austrian anthropologist Bernd Brabec de Mori spent six years living in the western Amazon. He first arrived as a backpacker, returned to do a master’s thesis on ayahuasca songs, and eventually did a PhD on the music of eight Indigenous peoples in the region. Along the way, he married a woman of the local Shipibo tribe and settled down. “I did not have a lot of money,” he told me, “so I had to make my living there.” He became a teacher. He built a house. He and his wife had children. That rare experience of joining the community, he said, forced him to realise that many of the assumptions he had picked up as an anthropologist were wrong. Continue reading...
The Duchess of Sussex opened up on the Jamie Kern Lima Show.
With well over 100 voting centres across 83 countries and tens of thousands of overseas votes already cast, the AEC’s footprint is bigger than at any previous federal election Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Polls tracker; Election guide; Interactive seat explorer Party policies; Micro parties explained; Full election coverage Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Laura Cross walked out of the Australian embassy in Buenos Aires this week, she celebrated by searching for a “democracy hotdog” – to tide over her cravings for the classic election-day sausage sizzle. Cross, who has been travelling through South America, is one of thousands of Australians voting abroad. In her case, the process was seamless. Continue reading...
THE EDITOR: For over a decade, she was a woman scorned. Scorned by political opponents who had the vilest things to say about her morality, decency and integrity. Scorned by the public who believed these rumours and generated their own. Scorned by people within her own party who rejected her leadership style and inability (or unwillingness) to help them achieve their goals. On Monday, she emerged victorious – the cornerstone the builders rejected. The UNC’s general election campaign will go down in history as the most strategic political campaign in TT because of its messaging, media management, organisation, use of technology, and allocation of human and financial resources. This was the first political campaign where an opposition party, not the incumbent, set the tone for the elections. This campaign should be studied across the Caribbean for generations to come. The UNC’s messaging was in stark contrast to its political opponents who never got the memo that the country, particularly its youth, wan
'Sometimes people look at beauty as a little bit superficial,' says L’Oréal Canada CEO An Verhulst-Santos who disagrees. 'Not one civilization that has survived without beauty, and it has to do with self-esteem.'
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When the gallery opened in 2000, it transformed the artistic life of Britain – and the world. We look back at spiders, splinters, sexual dependency and sunsets Frances Morris, then head of displays Continue reading...
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Up to 180,000 fans are expected to attend Suncorp Stadium this weekend as Magic Round gets bigger and better each year, and Women’s State of Origin continues to grow.
In a new note published today, Macquarie outlines what Australian investors can expect in May and the ASX 200 shares it is currently holding.
Man United will be eyeing a first leg advantage when they face Athletic Bilbao in their Europa League semi-final on Thursday night.
Birmingham City Council's unprecedented financial crisis previously triggered calls for a public inquiry
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Eetu Luostarinen had a goal and three assists to lead the Florida Panthers to a 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning and advance Florida to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.
A 48-year-old man has been charged.
An excerpt from ‘Reclaiming Bharat: What Changed in 2024 and What Lies Ahead’, by Ashutosh.