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Introduction The use of ayahuasca is expanding increasingly in occidental society. References to ayahuasca appear more and more frequently on the internet and other media. However, it is difficult to find objective information about the potential risks and benefits associated with its use, and what you can expect when choosing to participate in a session. Here you find information that is aimed to help you make responsible decisions, reduce risks and maximize potential benefits. Decision Making Deciding to take ayahuasca The decision to participate in a session should always be one taken by the individual, not by their relative or friend. [...]

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 cleanses (vomiting is not an unwanted side effect, but an important part of the process!) strengthens the immune system and can free you from addictions. My recommendation: Ayahuasca is not a party drug and the [...]

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 first time in history, the medical and scientific establishments have a need to understand mysticism, that goes beyond mere academic curiosity. Science and spirituality have long been deemed two worlds apart. But what happens when [...]

  In the ever-accelerating world in which we live, many people feel increasingly lost and left behind. Despite omnipresent social media, rates of anxiety and depression have been rising for years. As a potential antidote against this loss of connection to oneself and others, psychedelics are experiencing a renaissance in science and medicine: They can provide an opportunity to identify misguided life decisions and weave new, meaningful patterns into our social webs. Just how are psychedelic substances able to do this? In the following paragraphs, I will argue that an underlying principle of psychedelics is connection – or even reconnection. This reconnection works [...]

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 southern Italy. In recent times this plant has been introduced and naturalized in some regions of the United States, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Australia. The Bes’ Plant The Modern, Traditional Use of Syrian Rue [...]