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The Rest between Ayahuasca Ceremonies
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008. In the Amazon, near Iquitos, Peru A quiet morning. I awoke around 7 and made my way to the dining malloca for tea and quiet time. Yesterday was pretty much a... More »
The First Ayahuasca Ceremony
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in the Amazon near Iquitos, Peru The ceremony was quite beautiful. Ayahuasca didn't taste as vile as described in books or articles that I had read prior to coming. Intensely green... More »
In the amazon... preparing Ayahuasca
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Monday, June 16, 2008. In the Amazon, near Iquitos, Peru Today we helped make the Ayahuasca brew... the psychotropic medicine that the amazonians have used for hundreds of years to heal and receive visions and... More »
Lima Being
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Well, I´m in Lima, Peru... integrating the experiences from the time I spent in the Amazon. Julie flies in tomorrow (actually only a few hours away... 2 in the AM) and then we travel to Nazca, Paracas, Arequipa,... More »
Vision Quest III: The Naming
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I grew exceptionally tired after all of that arguing and praying, and the surrender of knowing that it would end the next day removed all of the trying and wanting. There was only the doing.... More »
The bright day of the soul can be as harrowing as the dark night
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In an earlier trip, I had to deal with the fears that somehow creep up on us from some deep ingrained societal urge for security and a need to overpower that which is other .... More »
Vision Keeper
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Just returned from the mountain and am currently enjoying the hot springs of Ojo Caliente, NM. The vision quest was an interesting experience... I'm not sure that I'll want to do it again, at least... More »
Shamanic Session with Staci Tye: Underworld Extraction
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Wow! I just had the most amazing shamanic energy healing session with Staci Tye . Staci is a graduate from Alberto Villoldo's Four Winds Society school (Healing the Light Body), but she's really made it... More »
The Wind is My Mother
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I've been greatly enjoying this book by Bear Heart . It is subtitled: The Life and Teachings of a Native American Shaman , which is kinda funny as he actually groups shamans with sorcerers and... More »
Wade Davis's Lecture on Shultes in the Amazon
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Well, it turns out that the sky was way overcast last night during the full lunar eclipse. Also, the person who was hosting the monthly fire was ill and so we had the opportunity to... More »
shaman
July 2008