Getting High for God?

Name: Getting High for God?
Released: 2016-08-16
Cast: Mawaan Rizwan

Sender:BBC Three

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S01E02 - "Ayahuasca in Rio"

Ausgestrahlt am Aug 23, 2016, 11:00 AM

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Beschreibung

Mawaan Rizwan was brought up in a religious family but is no longer practising and feels detached from spirituality. In this two-part series Mawaan is curious to discover more about those who claim to connect with a higher power by taking traditional medicines, which contain powerful hallucinogenic drugs.

Details

Status: Beendet
Sprache: English
Laufzeit: 30 min
Erstausstrahlung: August 16, 2016
Beendet: August 23, 2016
Sendeplan: Tuesday um 0:00

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Episoden (1 Staffel · 2 Episoden)

Trip to the Mountains

Mawaan Rizwan travels to Utah in the USA to spend time with the Oklevueha Native American Church. People from across America come here to use the Class A drug peyote to obtain religious enlightenment. On a spiritual retreat, Mawaan needs to decide whether the whole thing is just an excuse to get high in the mountains or whether the medicine man really can help him unlock a link to the spirit world.

Aug 16, 2016

30 Min.

Ayahuasca in Rio

Mawaan Rizwan travels to Rio, Brazil, to join the congregations who use the ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic substance ayahuasca in their church services to enhance the worship. As he learns more, he sees whether this ancient medicine - which has been linked to deaths when used unsupervised - can bring him closer to the almighty.

Aug 23, 2016