Meanings
- uncountableA hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
A number of studies have confused ayahuasca, caapi, and yagé as substances other than Banisteriopsis caapi.
1985, Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs, page 913 more examples
The bundle of the caapi would presumably have quite lost its virtue from the same cause, and I do not know that it was ever analyzed chemically;
1967, Harvard University - Botanical Museum, Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University - Volume 22, page 126No more interesting or complex narcotic drink can be found than ayahuasca, caapi, or yajé, prepared basically from the bark of the liana Banisteriopsis caapi.
1977, Walter H. Lewis, Memory P. F. Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany - Plants Affecting Human Health, page 701Describing some of the effects of caapi, which he took with the natives of an Amazon village, McGovern wrote: “Curiously enough, certain of the Indians fell into a particularly deep state of trance, in which they possessed what appeared to be telepathic powers.
2000, Robert Masters, Jean Houston, The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience - The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche
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