Abraham Roldán Villafán, Tijuana, Mexico: “For the first time ever I saw the firmament and stars, and I could perceive the energy behind everything and the sacred geometry. It was like I had shamanic vision – the veil had been lifted and I was able to see what was really there beyond the limits of the normal senses. I had a vision of myself as Anubis and I was inside a tomb doing the process of mummification. A friend of mine was there too, as a pharaoh. I saw him dead in a bed, accompanied by many symbols and Egyptian drawings...”
Read More“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 MoreChristopher, Sweden: A tale of warning about interaction with dark spirits in the DMT realm when drinking ayahuasca. Not all spirits are benevolent, and many seek to entrap ayahuasca users in order to feed on them spiritually. After his 15th ceremony in Peru, he fell into the sexual traps set by dark spirits and his life turned upside down…
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…
Read More“In hindsight I regret doing what I did, meeting mother Aya in the condition I was in - and let me tell you she wasn’t too happy about it either. I remember at one point I was so terrified. It was just me and mother, and potential death... no barrier, no protection. No more barriers, no more soothing - this was it.”
Read MoreCaroline Knight, UK: “I was told the medicine would be strong, but I wasn't quite expecting the intensity of this experience. I had simply asked 'to really feel.’”
Read MoreRachael Howard, UK: “Out of the blackness of this infinite void came a gigantic mechanical entity, and it was sinister and foreboding. I was trapped in the void with this cold, steel, faceless thing, and we were floating in the nothing…”
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