Twenty years after the publication of Daniel Pinchbeck’s brilliant book, Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism, narrating his exploration of mind-expanding psychedelics, multi-instrumentalist, musician, dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Andrea Ward recently released her EP, Ribbon of Water. Similar to Pinchbeck, Ward probes the psychotomimetic properties of water. Speaking about the EP, Ward shares: “The album is influenced by water, and water is the ultimate guide for letting go, for yielding to forces beyond our control. I developed injuries this year and came to a point where my body broke down from anything, and my voice as well. Unable to do a lot of things and unable to speak, I was forced to relinquish control of life, and just flo...