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Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 25th, 2007
So, we had climbed Fire Mountain, and I finally found the bottom; after loads of drama. And one amazing hug. I waited at the end of the trail for the others to find their way, watching the darkness settled in. I started to worry about my crew; what if they were meeting the same panicked [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 24th, 2007
My first Huachuma ceremony took place in January, after my second Ayahuasca cycle. I had already experienced 5 doses of Ayahuasca on that trip, and spent a few extra days to sample this companion medicine I had heard so much about. The experience administered in the jungle is called The Serpent Mesa, because the spirit [...]
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 – [...]
