India, June 7 -- The 41-year-old man, Aaron Wayne Castranova from Alabama, died after drinking a trance-inducing brew during a "spiritual tourism" trip in Peru's Loreto, a region on the border with Brazil, according to a report by the Daily Mail. The brew, known as ayahuasca, reportedly triggered a multi-organ failure.

Ayahuasca, which can be fatal and cause irreversible damage, is a concoction traditionally used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon for spiritual and healing rituals. Reports say the ceremony took place in a hostel in the Santa Maria de Ojeda community, which has become associated with 'spiritual tourism' in recent years.

According to hostel staff, Castranova failed to inform the ceremony organisers that he was taking an...