‘The Last Shaman’ Fails to Enlighten

A new doc about ayahuasca trips on its own banality.

One of the many vexing qualities of the psychedelic experience is the gaping asymmetry between its inner profundity and outer banality. Indeed it is among the only guaranteed effects of ingesting psychedelics that one will (1) have a profound experience and (2) say something silly about it. This proble…