Posts tagged Ayahuasca
Babylonian Gilgamesh’s Herbs and Oracle of the Dead

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

“The oldest known story in the world, the Gilgamesh epic of Sumeria, is of a king weary of war and the spoils of domestic exploitation, on a quest to seek an ancestor who survived the Flood, and his inner Self. Sumerian cuneiform tablets reveal the source of the Biblical Flood account, not surprising since the Old Testament books were first collated by Hebrews in exile in Babylon…”

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Ayahuasca Oracle of the Dead Challenges Social and Personal Cohesion

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

“Ayahuasca visions have an apparently ‘exotic’ pedigree, vary with place and time, and have uncertain individual outcomes, posing the triple allure of a social challenge, a gamble, and a test of personal strength. Oracles of the dead are one of the rites of coming of age, taking personal stock, and quest or grand tour in every era and every culture…”

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DMT: Dead Man's Treasure

Guest article by author R N Vooght: RN Vooght postulates that a sophisticated and civilised society lost to the historical record understood the psychologically sensitive nature of the human mind, and have imparted the profound nature of the DMT, (the spirit molecule) and its all-encompassing therapeutic and immaterial connotations to us for the benefit of future generations of the human story… that they understood the molecular structure of N, N dimethyltryptamine and created an allegorical 'treasure hunt' leading to the Ancient Gods who all reside somewhere deep inside us - inside everyone. He also believes that our ancestry has given us the keys to the inner realms of our most precious and personal self, and has successfully transcended the atomic nature of DMT from the microcosm upon the macrocosm: The Spirit in the Sky..!

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An Introduction to Yopo in the Venezuelan Piaroan Tradition

Guest article by Rafael Meneses: Rafael details his journey with yopo seeds, which contain 5-HO DMT, DM and 5-MeO-DMT. He talks about how the use of yopo and the contact with Piaroan shaman Rufino Pónare changed his life, the ways the Venezuelan Piaroa tribes traditionally use yopo, the effects it has and the benefits it has brought to the people working with it…

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Ayahuasca Artists Express Universal Meaning

Guest article by Edmond Furter: Author of Mindprint (2014, Lulu.com); Stoneprint (2016, Four Equators Media); and editor of Stoneprint Journal (Lulu.com). Visit www.edmondfurter.wordpress.com / www.stoneprintjournal.blog / www.mindprintart.wordpress.com

Artworks inspired by ayahuasca visions are part of the structuralist anthropology data that revealed about 100 recurrent motifs in subconscious behaviour since 2010. Features and spacing of characters in artworks enabled my discovery of five layers of perception and expression in all styles and cultures…“

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