At the start of every ayahuasca ceremony, my maestro ayahuasquero don Roberto Acho goes around the room putting agua de florida cologne in cross patterns on the forehead, chest, and back of each participant. As he does this, he blows smoke from the powerful tobacco called mapacho into the...
So the Machiguenga traditionally used ayahuasca, the communities I lived in didn’t but there’s another anthropologist who lived for years with the Machiguenga. In the remote communities of Manu which is a national park in Peru, and there they were using ayahuasca. And it was a common ...
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he remains near the places with which he has been familiar while in physical life. He notices that he is still in a body-called the ‘shining’ body - which does not appear to consist of material substance. Thus, he can go through rocks, walls, and even mountains without encountering any...
When travelling to a foreign country it’s always a good idea to know which items you can bring with no problems, and which ones you better leave at home because restrictions or bans apply in the country of your destination. For Peru find a quite detaile
We did that study and that was a combination of trying to understand from the traditional ayahuasca tribal perspective of how their perception of how medicine impacts DNA, which they have their own...
night. In the first, I was in love with, or at least dating, an unknown woman. It seemed we had a future together. Then, in the middle of some sunny, social activity, she turned to me and said: “The trouble with you is that you talk too much.” I was stunned. How could she...
What Does It Mean to Decriminalize Psychedelics? Written by: Kelly Martin | Published on: August 11, 2022In 2021, several American cities moved to decriminalize plant- and fungi-based psychedelics including psilocybin-containing mushrooms, ayahuasca, ibogaine, and mescaline. (The state of Oregon,...
While I was expecting a flat trail illuminated by my headlamp, this is actually more of a shamanic experience. I explained it to my boyfriend like “taking ayahuasca, but without the throwing up.” Don’t worry, you won’t be ingesting trippy mushrooms; however, the hike is cathartic, as...
Why the Ego Isn’t You At some point on your spiritual path, you may have heard the expression:“the ego is an illusion.”But what does this mean? The ego is an illusion, and therefore isn’t really “you,” because it is always changing and has no real solidity or objectivity. ...