Ayahuasca Use In Cross-Cultural Perspective Table of Contents Volume 37, Number 2 June 2005 Editors’ Introduction: Ayahuasca Use in Cross-Cultural Perspective — Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. & Charles S. Grob, M.D. 119 Ayahuasca in Adolescence: A Neuropsychological Assessment — Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy.; Itiro Shirakawa, M.D., Ph.D.; Paulo H. Bertolucci, M.D., Ph.D. & Dartiu X. Da Silveira, M.D. 123 Ayahuasca in Adolescence: A Preliminary Psychiatric Assessment — Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira, M.D., Ph.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy. & Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc. 129 Ayahuasca in Adolescence: Qualitative Results — Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Dartiu Xavier da Silviera, M.D., Ph.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc. 135 Report on Psychoactive Drug Use Among Adolescents Using Ayahuasca Within a Religious Context — Evelyn Doering-Silveira, M.Sc.; Charles S. Grob, M.D.; Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D.; Enrique Lopez, Psy.D.; Luisa K. Alonso, Ph.D.; Cristiane Tacla, Psy. & Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira, M.D., Ph.D.. 141 Phytochemical Analyses of Banisteriopsis Caapi and Psychotria Viridis —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D.; Glacus S. Brito, M.D. & Edison S. Neves, M.D. 145 Various Alkaloid Profiles in Decoctions of Banisteriopsis Caapi —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D. 151 Fast and Slow Metabolizers of Hoasca —J.C. Callaway, Ph.D. 157 EEG Gamma Coherence and Other Correlates of Subjective Reports During Ayahuasca Experiences — David E. Stuckey, Psy.D.; Robert Lawson, M.S. & Luis Eduardo Luna, Ph.D. 163 Psychedelic Sacraments —John R. Baker, Dr.Phil 179 Interview with Jeffrey Bronfman, Representative Mestre for the Uniâo do Vegetal Church in the United States — Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. & Charles S. Grob, M.D. 189 Altered States of Consciousness and Short-Term Psychological After-Effects Induced by the First Time Ritual Use of Ayahuasca in an Urban Context in Brazil — Paulo Cesar Ribeiro Barbosa, M.Sc; Joel Sales Giglio M.D., Ph.D. & Paulo Dalgalarrondo M.D., Ph.D. 193 Interview with Guillermo Arrévalo, a Shipibo Urban Shaman, by Roger Rumrrill — Translated and Edited by Marlene Dobkin de Rios, Ph.D. 203 Drug Tourism or Spiritual Healing? Ayahuasca Seekers in Amazonia — Michael Winkelman Ph.D., M.P.H. 209 Bringing Ayahuasca to the Clinical Research Laboratory — Jordi Riba, Ph.D. & Manel J. Barbanoj, M.D., Ph.D. 219 Ayahuasca and Human Destiny — Dennis J. McKenna, Ph.D. 231 BOOK REVIEWS LSD, Spirituality and the Creative Process — Reviewed by David E. Smith, M.D. 235 O Uso Ritual da Ayahuasca — Reviewed by Christian Frenopoulo, M.A.(c) 237 COVER ART — Aspen Couple by Jerry Downs