News

11 February 2025

Tribute to Benny Shanon

At the age of 77, our friend Benny Shanon has just passed away. We share a text written by our president Dr. Jacques Mabit to pay tribute to this friend, a sensitive, tender, fundamentally human being, capable of seriousness and audacity, openness and simplicity.


10 February 2025

Exploring the use of master plant diets in Europe

Our research team's new talk, titled: “Exploring the use of master plant diets in Europe” will be broadcast through our Facebook Live on Tuesday, February 25 at 11:00 am (Peru time).


27 January 2025

Psychosis and Ayahuasca

In this conversation we explore the first results of the doctoral thesis work in medical anthropology by Annalisa Valeri, psychotherapist, on the so-called psychotic experiences as narrated by Takiwasi patients who have experienced them and how they were addressed and treated by the healers and psychologists of the center.


24 January 2025

The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis: A Commentary

Canadian author Matthieu Pageau published the Spanish version of his work, with a prologue and an epilogue written by Dr. Jacques Mabit: The Treatise on Human Freedom.


20 January 2025

Workshop on educational use of medicinal plants

Formabiap and Takiwasi join forces to work on rescuing the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples on medicinal plants, promoting their preservation through Intercultural Bilingual Education (EIB).