“The medicine showed me myself sitting up, like a strong woman, and how I can do this for regular-life situations too, and I’d be rewarded just like I’m being rewarded now with a beautiful ayahuasca experience gained from my hard work. I have control. I am not feeble. It was challenging, but absolutely fucking beautiful! So swirly, and fractal, so gentle, yet powerful, so light, so perfect, so ethereal, so sacred…”
Read MoreRachel, 35, Switzerland: “I braced myself to ride it out, but the next thing I was aware of was one of the facilitators by my feet; I was sitting up. I found it difficult to communicate the support that I needed and to control my physical actions, as I grabbed her tightly by the hand and said in a breathy squeak, “Help me!”. She asked me what was happening, and I blurted out, “I’m dying!”…
Read MoreOne man recounts how he imbibed ayahuasca with no obvious results, despite others in the ceremony having clearly been affected by the same brew…
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