Tag Archives: Ayuaska

Terence McKenna and the Origins of Consciousness

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

Something gave primates a “jump start” toward human consciousness during ancient times.  Terence McKenna suggested the catalysts were most likely the plants our ancestors were eating.  In his book (1992) Food of the Gods:  The Search for the Original Tree … Continue reading →

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Love Heals All Wounds

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

As she was leaving the Santo Daime Ceremony, headed home to her children, the Head of the Church embraced me.  We had just had a Star Ceremony and Danced the Cruzerinho with Padrinho Alfredo leading the Work.  It was a … Continue reading →

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Mom Gave Me Away, so I Found Ways to Ease the Pain

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

I could feel someone standing behind me.  I turned to see who it was.  There was no one there.  I was sitting on the outside of the group; we were meditating after drinking the medicine.  When the lights went up … Continue reading →

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The Daime and the Dark Angel

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

After a joyous week-long celebration in the Native American tradition, culminating in the peyote ceremony surrounded by loving family and friends, I followed up by attending a Santo Daime Work, a Concentration, the following Saturday night.  After drinking the Sacramental … Continue reading →

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Synchronicity, St. John, the Grail, and the New Era

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

Synchronicity is a very magical force in our human existence.  When we are aware of this process of meaningful coincidences, our world changes.  The ego centric stance, which is normal for Western Civilization, is confronted with events which the “I” … Continue reading →

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Returning to Life through Santo Daime

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

My first experience of Finados or All Souls Day in the Santo Daime Tradition was yesterday. It started out in the normal pattern. We were dancing and singing in Portuguese led by our Brazilian brother and sister. The hymns were … Continue reading →

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The little boy, Christ, and the Catholic Bishop

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

For several years the grey lawn statute of our lady stood at the entrance to the little Cathedral. No one knew how she got there, Auntie said, “She just appeared one day.” She was an anonymous gift, which had become … Continue reading →

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Would you be my dad, for a day?

Posted on July 27, 2010 by

The young man admired my leather jacket and told me he was a coyote. “If that’s true, we need to talk” I replied. When he visited me, his dreams led to disclosures about his sexual initiation by a neighbor girl who was being molested by her father. At five years of age the whole neighborhood of age mates were vampirized and still practice the art of loving many people of both sexes now that they have become adults. This man’s story merges with the friend he introduced me to, a Bulgarian Jew, who asked me to be his dad. Just for a day. Continue reading →

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