Made me smile when I can relate Neuroscience to William S. Burroughs
Saw a study on Ayahuasca, meaning “spirit vine”.. a plant with a near-mythical hallucinogenic and some say telepathic qualities (Wikipedia).. one of the very few/or first .. (not sure) imaging study done on the effects of Ayahuasca.
Mo Costandi’s blog post on this (definitely one of the best science writer and blog by the way)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/sep/23/1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21922603