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That changed things for me. >> how do you think that event shaped the rest of your life? >> i always thought i could have fought him off and done better, but i cant picture fighting off this bigger person. it definitely put a cloud over things, and i distinctly remember after, maybe like a week or two after, i remember saying, like, im different. like, im scared of the world. there was a violent element to it. so it really overloaded my nervous system, and i remember saying, why does everything ...

Jungles of peru in search of a cure, in the form of a powerful hallucinogenic cocktail called ayahuasca. what are you hoping happens over the course of the next 12 days? >> im hoping to go to resolve that, that kind of lingering, undefineable, dark cloud that kind of follows me around. and not have it there anymore, so its not subverting my life. im hoping ayahuasca will help me go inward and have it heal me. >> were off to peru, where were going to meet stan. hes someone who has just had this t...

Still disconcerting. ♪ but this is just the beginning. the gringo shaman steps up the healing, blowing smoke on the seekers like stan, to drive off negative spirits. >> these are native traditions repackaged by ron to give his guests an authentic ayahuasca experience. you know when everyone around you is intoxicated or drunk and youre the only one not under the influence, thats how it feels to be in that room. there are people in there who

So it was just like, oh, my god, this beautiful person. but i always felt like he was holding back something and i just couldnt get to it. he could transform into this genius, awesome, glowing person, and he is that. part of him is that too. but then hes got that shadow, and i guess some people get more sad than others. >> how bad is his depression? >> sometimes he will just lay in bed, like doesnt want to get up. or he will not go to sleep. and it creates, like, friction and arguments, and you ...

Because for first-timers, ayahuasca can be a wild ride. exactly what will happen to stan and the others is anyones guess. could protect you from cancer?

Are having extremely intense experiences, and then theres stan who has been kind of sitting there stoically the whole night. its hard to tell how, or if, ayahuasca has affected him. one person tripping hard is roman. his physical performance contrasts sharply with the first timers who struggle to keep it together during this five-hour ordeal. but whether anyone will experience real healing will have to wait for the light of day. >> ive been around a lot of people who have been under the influenc...

Take the precautions, and antidepressants, thats the real danger. >> tens of thousands of people juze ayahuasca worldwide today, and the ranked of the newly converted now appears to include stan, whod just done a day time dose of rons mighty brew. >> just out here in the jungle, wrestling with my demons. [ laughter ] >> its probably about as good a place as any to wrestle with them. and a good place to leave them. >> want a little smoke blown on you? >> sure. >> a journey of change. a modern pil...

But theres the ones that dont take the precautions with the antidepressants, and thats the real danger. >> tens of thousands of people use ayahuasca worldwide today, and the ranks of the newly converted now appears to include stan, whod just done a daytime dose of rons mighty brew. >> just out here in the jungle, wrestling with my demons. [ laughter ] >> its probably about as good a place as any to wrestle with them. and a good place to leave them. >> want a little smoke blown on you? >> sure. >...

Though id been forewarned, these intense reactions are still disconcerting. ♪ ♪ but this is just the beginning. the gringo shaman steps up the healing, blowing smoke on the seekers like stan, to drive off negative spirits. >> these are native traditions repackaged by ron to give his guests an authentic ayahuasca experience. you know when everyone around you is intoxicated or drunk and youre the only one not under the influence, thats how it feels to be in that room. there are people in there...

Stans wife birgit. >> i fell in love with him. everything was just like, oh my god, this beautiful person. but i always felt like he was holding back something and i just couldnt get to it. he could transform into this genius, awesome, glowing person, and he is that. part of them is that, too. but then hes got that shadow, and i guess some people get more sad than others. >> how bad is his depression? >> sometimes he will just lay in bed, like doesnt want to get up. or he will not go to sleep. a...