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Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 26th, 2007
In order to do justice to the most incredibly powerful day in my life’s history, I have to provide a wee bit o’ Andean history. Keep with me now, it’ll all be worth it. After the uber-amazing Fire Mesa, the crew enjoyed a down day, rested up, then hit the road. Our bus took us [...]
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 Aftermaths and In-Betweens on May 9th, 2007
After 8 sacred ceremonies with 2 different shaman and 2 separate medicinal plants, covering hundreds of miles across every imaginable type of Peruvian terrain, I´m ready to begin the trip home. This has been an astoundingly powerful and insightful trip. I was ready for change, open to transformation, and yet I could have never predicted [...]
