Song as the Algorithm of the Spirits
Jonathon Sparrow & Sonia Gaind-Krishnan – Ancient spiritual traditions use song and sound to heal.
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Understanding the Dieta Protocol for Participating in Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Dylan Charles – The dieta involves much more than simply refraining from certain foods.
The Sacred Role of the Ayahuasca Shaman
Dylan Charles – Part scientist, part mystic, the role of the Ayahuasca shaman is to facilitate personal transformation and healing…
Plant Medicine Masters & Guaria De Osa Retreats: A Talk with Jonathon Miller Weisberger
Terra Celeste Waking Times Editor’s Note: Jonathon Miller-Weisberger is the author of Rainforest Medicine. He offers sacred plant medicine retreats at his remote eco-lodge in the jungles of Costa Rica guided by elder master-shaman of the Secoya tribe from Ecuador. You can find out more about his upcoming transformational events, here. The Secoya elders, legendary …
DMT, Ayahuasca, The Pineal Gland – A Professor Talks Neurotheology
Clayton Crockett, Legacy Waking Times Reach Out and Touch Faith Professor and chemist Steven Barker sits at his desk, surrounded by curious objects — a mortar and pestle, a DNA model, the cylinder of a spectrometer. Professor Steven Barker is a curious, if strange, man. And he does little to hide it, if he does …
Icaros, the Magical Chants of the Ayahuasca Shamans
Howard G Charing – The Icaros demonstrate the emotional bond between the shamans to the world of nature, and the spiritual powers of the rainforest.
The Visionary World Of Ayahuasca – Plant Spirit Shamanism In The Amazon
Howard G. Charing, Guest Writer Waking Times Ayahuasca – Plant Spirit Medicine of the Amazon “We are not talking about passive agents of transformation, we are talking about an intelligence, a consciousness, an alive and other mind, a spirit, which of course we have no place in our society. Nature is alive and is talking …
Ayahuasca – A Cure Through Love
Ross Heaven, Guest Writer Waking Times Shamanic healing often employs plants to good effect, though it is rarely about herbalism, per se. Indeed, most shamans are explicit that the pharmacological properties of the plants they employ are of far less importance than the spirit which is held by the plant. It is the spirit which …
La Pequeña Muerte – Plant Medicine Healing with Ayahuasca
Waking Times La Pequeña Muerte is a short, beautiful film by Republic of Light Productions about the healing journey that 2 North Americans took to the Peruvian Amazon to find cures for physical and emotional ailments that were seemingly un-treatable by Western medicine. It has been said that many illnesses are purely psychosomatic, that is, …
Ayahuasca and Alternate Dimensions of Reality
Carlos Tanner, Contributing Writer Waking Times A dimension is a range of electromagnetic frequencies that is defined by one’s biological capacity to perceive them. The visible spectrum of light is an example of an aspect of a dimension of reality. Anything above the visible spectrum, like ultraviolet, for instance, would exist in another dimension, because …
A Mother’s Journey with Ayahuasca
Lainie, Raising Miro Waking Times The history, culture & traditions of Ayahuasca The mystical Peruvian civilization of the Upper Amazon rainforest was an host to a variety of rich cultures and traditions. These people living along the Ucayali river of the amazon rainforest are specifically called Shipipo-conibo people. For centuries, a sacred medicinal drink (brew), known as …
Peru’s Takiwasi Center Uses Medicinal Plants to Treat Addiction
The ritual is part of the nine-month therapy program at the Takiwasi Center, a cluster of rustic buildings on the edge of Tarapoto, Peru, a steamy town in the Amazon. Founded by Mabit in 1992, the center has treated nearly 1,000 drug addicts with a combination of psychotherapy and medicinal plants, including the ones mixed to make ayahuasca, a hallucinogen used by indigenous healers throughout the Amazon.
Don Luis Eduardo Luna Discusses Ayahuasca Healing (Video)
An interesting interview with Don Luis Eduardo Luna about the origin and usage of Ayahuasca, the Amazonian Vine of the Soul. Helping to deal with addiction, psychosomatic stress, emotional problems and spiritual transformation, this natural medicine is a powerful healer.