Archive for September 2016
How Psychedelics Saved My Life, Part 2
It took me a while to connect with my ayahuasca medicine family, largely because my intention was to sit up in a circle of genuine practitioners, and not experience ayahuasca as a tourist in Peru. What made me even more intrigued about experiencing this plant medicine was meeting a 16-year-old girl in Cuzco, who shared with me her experiences living with a curandero in the jungle. She had run away from her family because her father
Read MoreAyahuasca Visions: A Procession of Divine Beings Celebrating My Existence
I could sense the approach of something divine, it was an emanation of otherworldly energy that radiated purity, love, and compassion, so different from anything incarnate on this earth. As whatever was approaching was getting nearer to me that radiating energy of Divinity increased from a glow to a furnace. Imagine imagine if God, or…
Read More6 Reasons Symbiosis is the Ultimate Gathering for Modern Shamans
I’ve been going to Symbiosis Gathering for years; Symbiosis and Burning Man are the 2 transformative festivals that have had the most powerful impact in shaping who I am and defining my culture. Whether it’s through discovering new favorite musicians, or being mesmerized by the incredible light shows emanating from beautifully-designed stages, to being astounded…
Read MoreHow Psychedelics Saved My Life, Part 1
Had I not discovered and experienced that profound sense of Oneness, Universal love, the interconnectedness of all beings in the web of life, that LSD can elicit, I would have offed myself a long time ago. If you’d like to hear the story of how LSD saved my life, and what ultimately led me to create this site, here’s my story. Daily Racist Bullying Caused Me to Hate Myself as a Young Girl I started off life, happy and in awe of the world around me. I had no brothers or sisters but could keep myself
Read MoreHow to Self-Administer Sacred Amazonian Hapé Medicine – Step by Step
Rapé (pronounced ha-PAY) is a blend powdered medicinal herbs that the Indians of the Amazon basin have been consuming through the nose since pre-Columbian times. Sharing rapé, or “passando rapé, takes place in all aspects of Amazonian life, from formal ritual use in rites of puberty, initiation
Read MoreHow to Give Someone a Soplada of Sacred Amazonian Hapé Medicine – Step by Step
In the Amazon, since pre-Columbian times, Indians have been taking powdered medicinal herbs through the nose. Called rapé – pronounced ha-PAY – in the Brazilian Amazon, among the tribes the sharing of medicinal snuff takes place in aspects of life; from formal ritual use in rites of puberty, initiation, and festivals, to simply hanging out…
Read MoreThe Modern Shamanic Guide to Taking Hapé Medicine – the Sacred Medicinal Snuff of the Amazon
How to Take Sacred, Medicinal Rapé with the Right IntentionRapé (pronounced ha-PAY) is a preparation of powdered medicinal herbs – often with a tobacco base – that the Indians of the Amazon basin blow through the nose, either with a small V-shaped self applicator, or with the help of a buddy. In contemporary Amazonia, sharing rapé…
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