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Tag Archives: Peyote
Apu Spirit of the Andes
When the Eagle Woman returned from Peru, she gave me a carved stone figure called an Apu. She said that all the medicine people in the Andes have these stones, but only the most powerful have a star incised in … Continue reading
Posted in Ayahuasca, Indigenous traditions, Santo Daime
Tagged Coyote, Elder Wisdom, entheogens, medicine ceremonies, Native American Church, Peyote, Yaje
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The Coffee Angel
I wanted coffee before the movie. There were twenty minutes to spare and, can you believe it, Starbucks was out of coffee? Well, there was none to pour, so I was given my choice of a freshly brewed cup of … Continue reading
Posted in Ayahuasca, Christianity, Movie Reviews, Philosophy, Psychology, Rainbow Nation, Santo Daime
Tagged entheogens, medicine ceremonies, Peyote, Reincarnation
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What to do after taking an entheogen
Spiritual growth happens naturally with humans. When we allow ourselves to open like a flower, we evolve. Many esoteric sacred traditions have developed ways of strengthening this natural process through meditation, practice, and diet. Some indigenous traditions use sacred substances … Continue reading
Rebooting Your Operating System
After a marvelous cleaning of body and spirit during the previous night at the Yaje Ceremony, I met a man who could see my soul as clearly as I could see his. We talked of life, ecology, philosophy, and spirituality. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayuaska, entheogens, medicine ceremonies, Native American Church, Peyote, Santo Daime, Yaje
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A New Son and a New Father
After experiencing the Divine Yaje all night (ayahuasca) ceremony run by our shaman, my sister called me offering to give me the gas money so that I too could experience the transformative ceremony. She had processed the family’s ancestral feminine … Continue reading
Terence McKenna and the Origins of Consciousness
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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Tagged Ayuaska, entheogens, medicine ceremonies, Peyote, Santo Daime
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Mom Gave Me Away, so I Found Ways to Ease the Pain
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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Tagged Ayuaska, Inner Child, medicine ceremonies, Peyote, Santo Daime
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The Rattlesnake Man
We could have been twin brothers, both wearing crimson red coats, long white hair and glasses. I had heard of this man several months ago, from my grandson, who met him at the hot springs and wound up renting his … Continue reading
The Rainbow Bridge
Yesterday my son wanted to take me to his favorite San Francisco restaurant, Cafe Gratitude. We were greeted by a server, who seated us and then said, “I like your hat.” He was referring to my new baseball cap with … Continue reading
Would you be my dad, for a day?
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
Merlin and the White Eagle 