yvlog

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yage

or ⲹ·

[ yah-hey ]

noun

  1. a mildly hallucinogenic drug obtained from a South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of yage1

First recorded in 1920–25; from Latin American Spanish (Colombia, Equador) ⲹé, apparently from an Indigenous language of southeastern Colombia or northeastern Peru
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Example Sentences

Back then, Kuritzkes was familiar only with Burroughs’ more surreal works “Naked Lunch” and “The Yage Letters.”

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In an effort not to lose this handsome young man, Lee convinces Allerton to join him on a road trip through Latin America in search of ⲹé, a drug Lee craves.

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Knowing Burroughs' work, through his other books “Naked Lunch” or “The Yagé Letters,” I had a preconceived notion of what the world of Burroughs was like, narratively.

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Doctor Cotter shows up towards the end of the book, but in the book, they get to Doctor Cotter’s hut and think they are going to get the ⲹé, but that possibility is closed, and they return to civilization not having gotten what they came for.

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Lee uses heroin to escape the feeling of triviality, but when Allerton warms up to him, Lee’s focus shifts to a new drug: yagé.

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