'I Wake Up and I'm a Baby': An NFL Star's Journey into Ayahuasca

From www.guardian.com: “Kerry Rhodes says a series of hallucinogenic trips he took as part of a documentary helped him understand himself more deeply. “Once it kicks in there are prisms and shapes and stuff like that, I could see visually stunning stuff. I literally had to tell myself, ‘You’re OK, you’re good, this is what you signed up for.’” The first “purge” – vomit – into a bucket brought a particularly bizarre vision: Rhodes, at his playing peak one of the NFL’s pre-eminent safeties, was brought face to face with a foetus…”

Ayahuasca, ExperiencesArtful AlchemyFebruary 29, 2020Ayahuasca, Purging, Visions, Shaman, America, Documentaries, Healing, Entheogens, Banisteriopsis caapi, DMT, Costa Rica, Depression, Neuroscience

The Brutal Mirror: What Ayahuasca Showed Me About My Life

“For four consecutive nights, a group of 78 of us here at a retreat center in Costa Rica [Rhythmia] have been drinking a foul-tasting, molasses-like tea containing ayahuasca, a plant concoction that contains the natural hallucinogen known as DMT. We’re part of a wave of Westerners seeking out ayahuasca as a tool for psychological healing, personal growth, or expanding consciousness…”

Ayahuasca, ExperiencesArtful AlchemyAugust 15, 2019Ayahuasca, Experiences, Costa Rica, South America, Rhythmia, Retreats, Ceremonies, Psychedelics, Awareness, Purging, Healing, Visions, Shaman