Ayahuasca Blog
In this blog we from Ayahuasca in Germany share with you interesting facts from the fields of art, culture, society and science about Ayahuasca.
Psychedelic retreats
What are Psychedelic Retreats? Psychedelic retreats are organized programs where participants take consciousness-expanding substances like psilocybin (found in "magic mushrooms"), ayahuasca, LSD, or other psychedelic substances in a controlled and supportive environment. The goal is to enable personal, spiritual, or therapeutic experiences. Calm Environment Typical Features: Guided Experience: The retreats are often led by experienced guides, therapists, or shamans who guide participants through the [...]
With plant medicine like Ayahuasca against “Spiritual Bypassing”
Spiritual Bypassing as a Defense Mechanism Spiritual bypassing describes a tendency to use spiritual explanations to avoid complex psychological issues. The term was first coined during the early 1980s by a transpersonal psychotherapist named John Welwood in his book Toward a Psychology of Awakening. According to Welwood, spiritual bypassing can be defined as a "tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved [...]
Healing the Inner Child with Ayahuasca
Healing the Inner Child with Ayahuasca Who is the Inner Child? Those of you who are on a healing journey are probably familiar with the term inner child work. But let’s clarify what is the inner child and why that work is needed for us to be free. Let’s start with the fact that in childhood, we have less or no resources (strength, awareness, skills) to [...]
Syrian Rue – the Ayahuasca of the North
Known as Syrian Rue, Peganum Harmala is a powerful medicine plant that has a lot in common with the Amazonian shamanic vine Ayahuasca. Altägyptische Gottheit Bes. Ägypten. Bildnachweis: Giorgio Samorini It spread from the Eastern Mediterranean to Sahelian Africa, from Syria to northern India, and from China to Mongolia. During the first millennium of our era, the Arabs then spread it in Spain and [...]
8 questions about ayahuasca – and our answers
1.) Why Ayahuasca? A personal answer: Because it is a medicine that has led me to deal with my shadow, also to illuminate the dark sides of myself. This is not always an easy process, but it makes you see through the play of your ego and conditioning more easily and feel less separate from the world. Ayahuasca also has a strong physical component - it [...]
How Science Is Making Sense Of The Mystical Experience In Psychedelic Medicine like Ayahuasca
Ego death, a sense of oneness with the universe, a release from the illusion of the self. Concepts and ideas often left for the 'New Age' section of bookshops, are now seriously being studied for their potential to treat several mental health conditions, including PTSD, depression, anxiety and addiction. As psychedelics like LSD, mushrooms and ayahuasca become closer to receiving FDA approval as psychiatric treatments, for the [...]