Interview with an Ayahuasca Curandero
Ronin, or Ronin Niwe, is one of what might be described as the new breed of ayahuasca curanderos. These are mainly people who are not native to the Amazonian region of South America and who have undertaken apprenticeships, often under the tutelage of ayahuasca shamans trained in the traditional way. This [...]
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Interview with an Ayahuasca Curandero
Posted June 23rd, 2010 by admin. Comments (4).
Interview with an Ayahuasca Curandero – text version
Posted June 23rd, 2010 by admin. Comments (2).
This post contains the text version of Interview with an Ayahuasca Curandero. It’s almost identical to the audio version, as is the fairly brief introduction below.
Ronin, or Ronin Niwe, is one of what might be described as the new breed of ayahuasca curanderos. These are mainly people who are not native to the Amazonian region [...]
The Benefits of Low-Dose Psilocybin Mushrooms [updated]
Posted November 1st, 2009 by admin. Comments (12).
Not everyone knows how to ask for medicine or how to receive it, they [the indigenous healers] tell me, but there is no one in the world who does not need medicine in their lives.1 Kathleen Harrison
Note: The essay below was added to the site over two years ago as I sit here tonight in [...]
Shamanism Conference in Peru
Posted October 26th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).
Across the Andes from Lima and now flying low into Iquitos, my view out the airplane window fell upon vast expanses of the Amazon jungle and the legendary Rio Amazona winding its serpentine pathway through the dense forest— la selva. Iquitos, a rambling, noisy ‘town’ of about 300,000, appeared suddenly out of the surrounding jungle.
I [...]
When Prayer Meets Medicine
Posted October 25th, 2009 by admin. Comment (0).
Like many of us in the western world, I grew up in a family that went to church on Sunday mornings. In my particular family it was the Anglican Church in central Canada. Prayer was a core principle of the teachings that came down to me as a child and a significant part of [...]