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Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg
Date
January 01, 1953
Subject
The Yage Letters
Message Content

Book discussing 'yage' experiences.

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Document Summary

This document appears to be page 88 of a book or scientific memoir (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013588) discussing the neurochemistry of psychedelics, specifically DMT and Ayahuasca/Yage. The text details the chemical interaction between DMT and monoamine oxidase inhibitors found in Amazonian plants and notes a 1975 discovery by the author and student Louise Hsu that the mammalian brain can synthesize beta carbolines. It references works by Richard Shultes, Ralph Metzner, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg regarding the cultural and chemical significance of these substances.

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