“One thought I did have, a few minutes into the ‘trip’ was that the experience was so weird and novel that there was no way I’d be able to dwell on a particular situation in my life that had been bringing me stress”
Photo: kennykiernan/Getty Images/iStockphoto Recently, I went to a virtual reality showroom in midtown to try out “Ayahuasca, Kosmik Journey,” a 13-minute virtual reality experience that “lets visitors take a hallucinogenic trip guided by their reactions.” Ayahuasca is the psychedelic brew made from plants native to the Amazon basin, and it’s traditionally been used as a mind-opening spiritual and therapeutic stimulant, known for causing vomiting after ingestion.
The “Ayahuasca” virtual reality experience wasn’t billed as specifically therapeutic or pain-alleviating, but it sounded unusual enough to be worth trying. Virtual reality games hadn’t tempted me, but the idea of using virtual reality to tinker with my thoughts and emotions was intriguing. Where would a “virtual drug trip” fall on the pain management/psychological growth continuum?
“Ayahuasca, Kosmik Journey” debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month, and it will be available at VR World through July 3. When it started, I found myself sitting on the ground somewhere in a rainforest, several feet away from an older man, also seated on the ground. I wasn’t a character so much as an observing entity. The man began speaking about how he hoped that the journey he was about to take would heal him.
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