At the July 2005 Amazonian Shamanism Conference in Iquitos, Peru, the Eagle and the Condor flew together, fulfilling an ancient prophecy respected by many Native Americans of the western hemisphere. This, anyway, is how some curanderos characterized the meeting of healers from North and South America to exchange knowledge and power. Most of the several hundred participants, dominated by European-Americans, came with strong interest in the psychedelic brew ayahuasca, the “vine of the soul” or “vine of the dead,” a foul-tasting, brown liquid made from many plants of the Amazon rainforest, but always including “the vine” (Banisteriopsis caapi) and “the leaf” (usually Psychotria viridis). Many came in search of healing and visions. Although the Amazonian Shamanism Conference did not have the word “ayahuasca” in the title, the masses were drawn to the conference by the chance to drink the brew in the Amazon and to listen to famous researchers, such as Dr. Dennis McKenna, talk about ayahuasca.