Once in a while I cross paths with the extensive complex of ayahuasca purveyor, facilitator, medicine people that are thickly concentrated from los angeles down to peru and at this point worldwide
and watch an occasional video online of a magnificent gleaming jungle lodge resplendent with attendant western trained doctors, healthy vegetarian food, pool and spa, view from a hilltop, amazing musicians, gorgeous tended garden, and well planned itinerary
the day after the ceremonies – be listening to testimonies from folks full of amazement and calm, somewhat relieved of whatever had burdened them for many years, eye opened a bit to another realm
kinda funny, never thought you’d take a fancy vacation to go throw up and diarrhea with a bunch of strangers and pay good money to do so. uggghhhh! that is usually what you dont want to happen on a trip. perhaps something missing in regular day to day society and lifestyle that an ancient bitter amazonian entheogenic brew allows to emerge.
well I ve only drank of the vine pot full of designs a handful of times. in spots that feel more dirt sand and gravel rather than waxed hardwood floor. sorta more boiled wild game without spices instead of organic chef prepared meals. a bit more ‘anything can happen’ rather than ‘you are perfectly safe’. I mean, after all, you are entering the abode of spirits and battling with good and evil, within and without. its constant. thats life and hence the importance of ceremony and reflection
Anyhow I will just turn it over to a couple of friends who know that world much better than I, and have more experience in opening gateways to the celestial as well as wading in the putrid rotten realms fishing people out of their misery.
One feller I just met, his name is Neil Logan and he outa Hawaii, long time ethnobotanist who was friend to Richard Felger my hero of the Seri and Yaqui deserts. This is an article he wrote about varieties and characteristics of the vine of the soul based on indigenous knowledge and modern scientific know how research. Yage by the way is not the same as ayahuasca, they got different geographic lineages, method of preparation, ceremonial protocol, and so on . Even though in common usage people be like ??? you mean like doctor pepper vs coke? is there pepsi option??
This second author is an old time buddy named Sparrow who has been a pioneer on the path for a long time and is still at it. This here an article he wrote about some onca mundial tigre feline prowling about, hungry.
If you want to go on a walkabout, hang out with some natives on their own land steeped in history and tradition, and drink a strong gourd full of yage ( or two or three or ten) where the jungle is fully vibrating alive… Happening near the end of this month, well here we go!
https://rainforestmedicine.net/events/
Mission Azul 