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Posted in Aftermaths and In-Betweens, Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jan 31st, 2009
Today is the two year anniversary of Daddy’s death. I’m in a very surprising place – I’m actually overwhelmingly sad. Almost the saddest I’ve been since he took his last breath, and I’m not really sure why. Which is why I’m here, sorting through the waves, finding the core of this, so I might honor [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 20th, 2007
Hi all – sorry for the recent absence. Life gets in the way of blogging sometimes – how rude. Where Ayahuasca is internal, feminine, healing, somewhat fragile and based in the jungle (the lower world), Huachuma is external, profoundly powerful, wisdom-filled, masculine and based in the middle world (it grows in higher elevations in the [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 18th, 2007
Don Mariano, another uber-powerful Shaman from a nearby village, was slated to be our guide for the final Ayahuasca ceremony this session. In many ways, I had been preparing myself for his return all week; our one and only previous session proved nightmarish. I fell into a hellish world that night, with horrific demons and [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 17th, 2007
Going into my third ceremony of the most recent cycle – my 11th overall – I felt, for the first time ever, completely and utterly joyous. Previous ceremonies, the notable anxieties were ever-present, for diving into the infinite unknown held all kinds of What If’s. Ceremonies #2 and #7 were unbelievably painful and frightening – [...]
Posted in Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 16th, 2007
After our first ceremony in this new cycle, we were lucky enough to have some down time. We visited a local Bora tribe and learned their dances and customs, while perusing their gorgeous art and jewelry for some heavy duty shopping. Since I was a repeat visitor, I had plenty of their wares, but the [...]
