Publications

Here, I link to some publications and presentations I have made since 2011. I have written a few times on the experience of gay and lesbian people when they take ayahuasca; particularly, how it affected their self-perceived identity. I have also written about the psychological effects of ayahuasca in general. I have co-edited ten books on ayahuasca and other drugs and drug policy with my partner, Beatriz Labate and, at times, other co-editors. I also edit most of the papers published on the site chacruna.net run by the Chacruna Institute of Psychedelic Plant Medicines, where I am a board member.

Books

Ayahuasca Healing and Science

By Clancy Cavnar and Beatriz Caiuby Labate
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021

Plant Medicines, Healing and Psychedelic Science: Cultural Perspectives

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate & Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2018

The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Appropriation, Integration and Legislation

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate & Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2018

The world ayahuasca diaspora: Reinventions and controversies

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar and Alex K. Gearin (eds.)
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017

Drug Policies And The Politics Of Drugs In The Americas​

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar & Thiago Rodrigues (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2016

Peyote: History, Traditions, Politics, and Conservation

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: ABC-Clio / Praeger
Year: 2016

Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2014

Prohibition, Religious Freedom and Human Rights: Regulating Traditional Drug Use

By Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2014

The Therapeutic Use of Ayahuasca

by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar (eds.)
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2014

Dissertation

Articles

Articles Published by Chacruna Institute

Presentation in Congresses

Other Presentations

You can view 11 of my presentations on my website on the videos page.

  • Panel: Ayahuasca Healing and Science – Panel with Adele Lafrance, Jessica Nielson, Kim Kuypers, with moderator Clancy Cavnar. Sacred Plants in at the Americas ll [Online conference]. April 23– 25, 2021.
  • Presentation on “Psychedelics and Sexual Minorities,” Catalyst Psychedelic Research Conference, May 29–31, 2020. Online.
  • Presentation “’It’s Cool to Be Gay’: Psychedelics, Sexuality and Self-Acceptance.” Queering Psychedelics Conference, June 1–2, 2019, San Francisco, CA.
  • Presentation, Women’s Forum, California Institute of Integral Studies, “Psychedelics and Gay Conversion,” October 17, 2018.
  • Presentation American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Symposium: Psychedelics and psychology—New developments in research and practice. “Psychological healing with ayahuasca. August 9–12, San Francisco, CA.
  • Presentations at Psychedelic Science 2017: Day-long workshop with Gabor Maté, Draulio B. Araujo, Juan Carlos Bouso, and Beatriz C. Labate; Presentation on Ayahuasca and the Ego.
  • Presentation at Aya2016, World Ayahuasca Conference October 18, 2016, Rio Branco, Brazil. Presentation, “The Role of Identity in Psychological Healing with Ayahuasca.”
  • Symposium at the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry 4th International Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 30–Nov. 2, 2015. Symposium “Drugs & Divinity: Recovery and Redemption across the Americas.”
  • Roundtable and discussion with authors of The Therapeutic Use of Ayahuasca and presentation of research on gay people and ayahuasca, The Women’s Visionary Congress, May 30-June 1, 2014.               
  • Presented at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Science 2013 conference on the effects of ritual ayahuasca participation on gays’ and lesbians’ identity, Oakland, CA, April 19-24, 2013
  • Poster on dissertation research, “The effects of participation in ayahuasca rituals on gays’ self-perception,” Division 44, APA Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, July, 31- August 4, 2013.
  • Presented research on gay and lesbian experiences with ayahuasca at the Amazon Conference: Amazonian Shamanism, Psychoactive Plants and Ritual Reinvention.  Institute of Medical Psychology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, Dec 6-7. 2010.