In Search of the Divine Vegetal

I am listening to a program on the CBC radio program "Ideas" right now, about ayahuasca, and thought I'd post a link. Just click on the side for a stream. Right now Mr Dennis McKenna is explaining the basic chemistry...

Even if you are too late to catch this post, try for the second part on the 26th.

I'll let the site speak for itself...

"Monday, November 19
IN SEARCH OF THE DIVINE VEGETAL, Part 1 of 2 CD
From the Amazon jungles to downtown Canada, ideas about Ayahuasca revive a decades-old argument about the uses and abuses, the ecstasies and the efficacies of mind-altering plants. Ayahuasca has been part of shamanic tradition for centuries. Broadcasters Thomas McKinnon and Leonard Cler-Cunningham travel the old trails, attend the ceremonies, and debate the religious, economic and political questions surrounding the divine vegetal.
Part 2 airs Monday, November 26."