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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Ayahuasca Foundation Waking Times Ayahuasca – Scientific Name : banisteriopsis caapi Common Names in the Amazon: ayahuasca; ayahuasca negro; ayahuasca blanco; ayahuasca trueno, cielo ayahuasca; yagé; bejuco; caapi; nucnu huasca; shimbaya huasca; ayawasca; nishi; oni; népe; xono; datém; kamarampi; pindé; natema; iona; mii; nixi; shillinto; nepi. Over 70 different indigenous tribes in the Amazon Rainforest possess a detailed …
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 …
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.
We cannot just go to the spirits and expect them to give us what we want. They may well have other plans for us. In fact, rather than asking — or, as some people do, demanding — that they heal us, or transform us, or make us into someone else, we should just pour out our hearts to them in prayer. We should not go to them with requests or demands or even expectations.
Most people who experience Ayahuasca report some sort of spiritual experience. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to describe the spiritual effects due to the lack of spirit in our language. Western culture is simply ignorant of the science of spirit that is still practiced today in the Amazon Rainforest.
At the end of the day, I’ve learned that we are more than our past lives because the past is always presently cresting, like a rip-cord wave. Our past lives are constantly breaking us over into the newness and potential that is the eternal ocean of our soul. The dramas we remember are the ones that, to some extent, we’re currently living through again.
In this episode we discuss many aspects of preparing for a proper ayahuasca ceremony in body, mind, spirit, set and setting.
In this episode I spoke with psychedelic integration specialist Steven Twohig.
In this episode we discuss psychotherapy, ayahuasca, and the journey of healing with therapist, Gerard Artesona.
Dylan talks with ethnobotanist and steward of the ancient Secoya Yagé tradition, Jonathon Miller-Weiseberger.
Dylan Charles – It is rare that I get a chance to speak exclusively about my perspectives and experiences with Ayahuasca, and in this conversation we did just that.
Neenah Payne – We have not been taught to consider how we are related to all of creation and dependent on everything.
Dylan Charles – Medicine healers would be appalled at how we approach mental health in our culture.
Dylan Charles – The amazing way in which this sacred medicine can resolve childhood trauma.
Sergey Baranov – Tectonic shifts happen by themselves, shifts in consciousness do not.
Alex Vandenberg – A psychic split has emerged within the collective consciousness of humanity.
