Ayahuasca is an “external tool” that has the potential to take you on a very profound “internal journey” of soul discovery through the realms of your hidden subconscious and the many other multidimensional realms within your being. Depending how much you surrender to the plant medicine will determine the level of healing that can occur […]
Have you ever gone to the doctor for something you were concerned about, and then been told “everything’s fine, it’s all in your head”? Well, sometimes it is all just in your head, and other times, it’s something more. I remember going to the doctor when I was in medical school. I hadn’t been feeling […]
The German poet Goethe never attended an ayahuasca ceremony, but his words contain useful advice for those wishing to explore visionary realms. In his poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Goethe describes a young apprentice who must clean his master’s workshop while the latter is away. The apprentice is lazy and doesn’t want to do this by […]
Addictions have become one of the most critical health issues of modern society, costing many lives and affecting countless individuals and families. We have learned a lot in the last century that helps us better understand the complexity of addictions, however it is also apparent that conventional treatments have not made much of a dent […]
Last December, the new US “drug czar” Michael Botticelli surprised many when he publicly acknowledged that addiction “is not a moral failing.” This stance, along with the growing belief that the War on Drugs has failed, marks a radical and much-needed shift in authoritative opinion on addiction. This new understanding has huge implications for the […]
“My experience of fasting has shown me beyond all possible doubt that a foreign growth of any kind can be absorbed into the circulation by simply compelling the body to use every unnecessary element contained within it for food. When a foreign growth has become hardened, sometimes one long fast will not accomplish the result, […]
Let me guess…You drank ayahuasca, had a life-changing experience, and now you want to be an ayahuasca shaman… so that you too can wake people up. You develop a plan to bring back medicine from the jungle and / or bring people down to Peru. You tell everyone you meet about your earth-shattering ayahuasca experience, and suggest that they try it too.
We all have our own reasons to seek and experience Ayahuasca and the other sacred medicines of the Americas. We want to overcome trauma, free ourselves from illusion, explore our spirits, heal ailments and disease, or maybe reignite our lives after a period of stagnation. At the Eagle Condor Alliance we feel that these plants […]
When we hear the call of Ayahuasca and the sacred medicines and actively decide to participate in a Ayahuasca ceremony or medicinal retreat, one of the main concerns that participants have is the “Ayahuasca diet”. There are so many different opinions and recommendations floating around the Internet these days that it can create confusion for […]
1. Develop a deeper understanding of your self as a multidimensional being. The spiritual practice of meditation and an awareness of the ego and shadow consciousness, within your self, will help you easily navigate through the ayahuasca healing and purging process. I suggest you have a strong spiritual foundation. The “Raise Your Vibration” book will […]
Psychiatrists usually define hallucination as a sensory experience that appears to be real, but is not produced by any actual object of the environment. Key, in this definition, is the claim that hallucinations unfold independently of the real world: when one is hallucinating, one is making up objects that are not really there. Can this definition […]
As one of the strongest psychotropic substances on the planet, Ayahuasca can put on one hell of a visual experience. Although every person and every night is different, one of her trademark storytelling gifts happens through visuals that are often vibrant, detailed, and profoundly real. This article is not meant to take common visions like […]
What if I told you there might be a new way to treat drug addiction? I don’t mean spending billions failing to police the drug supply, or mopping ineffectually at addiction’s results, which are ill health, violence, sold bodies, damaged families . . . let me reword that, blood infections and oozing facial sores, fractured […]
AYAHUASCA AND THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION Ayahuasca is a tea that is made by combining the “Banisteriopsis caapi vine and a DMT-containing leaf, most commonly Psychotria viridis leaf (chacruna). The word “ayahuasca,” based in the Quechua language, can be loosely translated as “vine of the soul.” Historically, the brew was used by peoples of South America, notably in […]
I’m sitting on a blue plastic, wipe-down mattress with my back to a wooden pillar. Within arm’s reach on the floor is a small torch to light my way to the toilet during the night, on the other side an orange plastic bucket to puke into. As the light fades my four companions, each with […]
Understanding Our Potential to Communicate with Nature Since the beginning of time, humans have held a deep reverence for the wisdom of plants, it is only recently that this has been forgotten. This isn’t about receiving a phone call from a tree, it’s about understanding that language and communication can also come in non-verbal ways […]
“Most of the retreat centers or ceremonies facilitators always recommend to their participants how to get ready for Ayahuasca, most of the preparation is based in preparing the body which is fine but we not only have one body in our being and during Ayahuasca ceremony all the kind of bodies we have will be […]
In 1995 I published a book called The Cosmic Serpent that dealt with ayahuasca and other subjects. The enthusiasm of many readers took me by surprise. In the book I describe ayahuasca as foul-tasting and my experience drinking it as an ordeal involving vomiting and frightening visions of serpents. Yet time and again readers would […]
Ayahuasca is a powerful plant medicine that comes from the Amazon. Shamans use it to heal people of Anxiety and other ailments. When I got on the plane to cross over out of the United States for the first time in my life, I didn’t know what I would see on the other side, physically, […]
As a Western-trained doctor, I have long been aware of modern medicine’s limitations in handling chronic conditions of mind and body. For all our achievements, there are ailments whose ravages we physicians can at best alleviate. In our narrow pursuit of cure, we fail to comprehend the essence of healing. Thus the popularity of ayahuasca, […]
It’s common for newbies to be nervous before an ayahuasca ceremony. I know I was. Here are 10 tips to help see you through. 1. Food Prep I can’t say enough good things about preparation. First let’s talk about food. If you research the “aya diet” you’ll encounter lists of what not to eat and some of these […]
Participating in an ayahuasca ceremony is an opportunity for deep healing and personal development. There is potential for healing of the body, mind and spirit, reconciliation with oneself and others, revelatory spiritual experiences, and much more.1 Fortunately, there are preparatory and in-ceremony practices that can help maximize the experience and related benefits. There are also […]
Since the middle of the 90s, there has been a renewed interest in the possible positive effects of many different plants and substances such as LSD, “magic” mushrooms and psilocybin, ayahuasca or iboga. Many new and rigorous scientific studies have been showing promising evidence that those substances are suitable for the treatment of many diseases and […]
Running an ayahuasca healing center for over six years and guiding over 1200 people through this process, we have seen a lot of different kinds of experiences people can have with the medicine ayahuasca. One of the truly amazing things about this medicine is that it truly does work with people in a unique and […]
“There are not good or bad plants in nature, every plant in nature has a purpose , the problem is when we use plants without having enough knowledge about the properties, energies and compatibility with us and with other plants. Remember everything can be harmful when is out of balance and I will give you […]