These visions seem to have Universal Archetypes.
These are common similarities in the visions people see.
This is despite participants having different backgrounds and drinking different brews of ayahuasca.
Cognitive psychologist Benny Shannon made a list of the common things he encountered in his 70+ ayahuasca experiences plus the visions of 19 research participants.
The common visions are (in descending order of frequency):
- Beings
- Animals
- Palaces
- Human beings
- Serpents
- Ancient civilisations
- Birds
- Angels and divine beings
- Felines
- Forests
- Cities
- Landscapes
- Flowers
Many artists have tried to capture ayahuasca visions.
Here’s some of the best:
Image credit: Alex Grey
Image Credit: Anderson Debernardi
Image Credit: Luis Tamani
Image Credit: Pablo Amaringo
And a couple from my personal favourite ayahuasca artist, Juan Carlos Taminchi:
Image Credit: Juan Carlos Taminchi
Image Credit: Juan Carlos Taminchi
There are also video artists, who have tried to represent what they saw during their ayahuasca experience.
Here’s the best of them:
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