Quetzlcoatl2014

Namaste Seti, Simon G Powell was recently interviewed about entheogens, specifically psilocybin, and in the interview he made a remark about how it compared, for him, with his experience of Ayahuasca. He reported that Ayahuasca brought him to the same "plane" as psilocybin and that he saw little experiential difference between the two. He admitted to having taken Ayahuasca only once and that in wasn't in situ. Can you speak to context, and more importantly how the burgeoning field of Ayahuasca ceremony is potentially at risk from non-traditional, non-ceremonial consumption? http://www.plantconsciousness.com/speakers.html

Yes. And I had reservations about proceeding with this stream for that very reason. The teachings that I will receive this year and into next will be from the Q'ero tradition, in Peru. Nevertheless, it speaks highly of the Q'ero spirit guides that they see the heart's true intention and desire regardless of ceremonial origin.

There was a group called amazon voice.org that did that very thing. They launched a kickstarter campaign and raised all the funds necessary to shoot "Kantza" with the Shuar. Sadly, the project came to abrupt end due to unsavoury intermediaries involved in-country. Still, it's worth checking out the trailer - the Shuar took to the media tools with remarkable, some would say unprecedented, ingenuity. Btw, there's a group here in Canada called Wapikoni mobile that brings this idea to remote communities year-round, with stellar results for all concerned.

I'd be very interested in helping to fund that idea.

Shamanic drumming, ceremonial music, meditation, fasting, even tantric practices. I plan on travelling with the amazonian plant spirits soon, but my initial motivation is less therapeutic, rather more like a ceremony of gratitude, a pilgrimage of sorts to thank her for being among us and to find out what she intends to offer us next. The plant kingdom is undergoing a massive transformation, much like we are, their abilities are augmenting. Have you been to a powwow before Seti?