Want to Quit Smoking? Study Says CBD Oil Can Help
A recent scientific study suggests that you may be able to use CBD oil to stop smoking. Read on to discover how it could be possible. Firstly, let’s clear the air – we are not suggesting that you should start smoking weed in order to quit smoking cigarettes. Unlike THC, the primary compound found in…
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know About The DEA Ban On CBD
Why did the DEA ban CBD? Where do we draw the line between a drug and a natural healing plant? This has been the issue around cannabis for a long. Traditionally used as a “sacred plant” and healing aid for thousands of years around the globe (some calling it the famous “Soma” from the Vedic…
Read MoreGermany Starts with A New Medical Plan for The Seriously Ill
Germany, for the past years has gradually started rethinking the legal status of Cannabis for Medical purposes. After a lot of discussions and debates last year, their government announced their plan to liberalize its cannabis laws. They decided that all the changes they are about to happen in the medical marijuana legislation “will focus mainly…
Read MoreHuichol People – An Ancient Unbroken Lineage of Healers
The Huichol People are rare when it comes to North American shamanic traditions. Unlike most indigenous populations of this region, which have undergone some degree of death, transformation or fragmentation post-Columbus, the Huichol maintain an unbroken lineage which extends back to the earliest roots of their tribal heritage. The Huichol People refer to themselves as…
Read MoreUmbandaime – Ayahuasca Meets Afro-Brazilian Mediumship
The world of shamanism is full of interesting offshoots and fascinating blends of religion, culture, plant medicines, and practices. Unique amalgamations of historical lineages, psychoactive plants, and direct spiritual experience are constantly emerging from the fertile field of practice and life-way that is shamanism. Umbandaime is one of those special cultural syntheses that has resulted…
Read MoreMicrodosing Magic Mushrooms: the Health Benefits of Psilocybin Mushrooms in Microdoses
Whether it’s an artist struggling with creative blocks, an athlete wanting to upgrade performance and technique, or just someone seeking natural alternatives for alleviating symptoms of depression, more and more people are turning to the emerging field of study that is microdosing psilocybin mushrooms. Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly and aptly referred to as “magic mushrooms” are…
Read More20 Amazing CBD Oil Benefits Backed by Science
If you want to take back your health, well-being, and energy by using a quick-acting, natural, plant-based remedy with almost zero side effects, all with the minimum possible investment, you NEED to look into these amazingly therapeutic CBD oil benefits. CBD oil and various other CBD products are taking the world of alternative healing by…
Read MoreIndigenous Tribes Promote Sustainable Solutions
Indigenous People are humanity’s connection to the land and to its’ history. Whether it is through an understanding of plant-medicine, ceremony, or stewarding the land, we all have a lot to learn from tribal communities. Long before Bill Mollison coined the term Permaculture, natives were living and working in harmony with the natural elements in…
Read More2 Righteous Medicine Women, 1 Powerful Plant Ally, & a Message from the Forest
When I was in the Brazilian Amazon for 4 months in 2004, I got to visit many eco-village communities whose spiritual lives were oriented around the ritual use of ayahuasca while living as sustainably as possible in the jungle. I stayed for several weeks in one such community and had the opportunity to work…
Read MoreAmazon Jungle Survival Guide – For Visiting Tribes in the Brazilian Amazon
The Amazon jungle is an amazing place, lush, green, full of life. It’s one of the most biodiverse regions of the world. Which is why it may feel like everything is trying to eat you. Travel in the Amazon can be slow and unpredictable, due to heavy rains, no roads, lack of regular transportation, and the fact that gasoline is like gold. Almost all travel is done by river, and the only way to get to many Indian villages
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