Shaman trip anybody?

Anybody ever have any experience with auyahuasca (dont know if thats spelled right) and a guided trip by a shaman i heard in order to go to south america and do it they want you to have all substances out of your body including nicotiene and caffeine

 

Someday.. Or the Himalayas

 

thatd be awesome arent the himalayas really cold though? i wonder if the language barrier would have any effect on the journey

 

Yes cold, not overlyiftheright season, there are plenty of englishspeakers as well I wouldntmindlearning anotherlanguagethough!

 

Plants used for ayahuasca don't grow in himalayas.

My dad traveled to peru specifically for the guided trip. He ended up taking the shaman to the hospital because the shaman became ill. Twas a bust for him, (my dad).

I don't ayahuasca tourism is a good idea.

 

Oh whoops yeah my lastpostwasnt regarding tripping

 

The main contribution of the shaman in regards to ayahuasca is in the making of the drink itself. You can get a superior product with good chemistry right in your own home. There is something to be said for wilderness experience though.

 

lol i can see the confusion. ive always have wondered it i imagine it would be weird with someone guiding a trip and dont speak your language. i never knew that hmm might as well just do spiritual healing by the person taking the substance then. thats a disapointment.i wonder if some native american tribes in the us still practice vision quests

 

Datura, Ayahuasca, B.Caapi? What more could you ask for? I would love to become the student of a shaman. Mystical sorcerer/healer :2thumbsup:

 

I've heard of people in Peru being guided on a journey where they meet with the shaman several days before the event. They had to go on a special diet for a few days before the event, which I presume is somewhat practical and related to the MAOIs in the mixture. This couple also said they were told not to have sex before the event either, and they said that one couple was not allowed to participate because they did...and somehow the shaman could tell.

I didn't know them very well, and since their trip, they were in the business of arranging similar meetings with shaman in the US. They seemed really nice, but somehow the part about the shaman mystically knowing that the couple had sex came off as showmanship to me. Either on the part of the shaman, or this couple. Who knows.

I think it's a little tricky navigating this type of thing, because I'm sure there is a money aspect to it, and even in Peru, even with the coolest appearing shaman, it's possible to get ripped off. But, it's also true that these "shaman" want people to come back and for people to send their friends, so I'm sure they try to make the experience as fulfilling as people might expect. I guess, for me, the question of how real everything is would linger unless I really knew a lot about it.

For me, having a fulfilling experience with a shaman in South America would take a lot of research, some kind of understanding of the business there so I'd know what to avoid, and some relationships with people who, like me, were outsiders, but who also had a lot of experience and info about the process. I think for me to expect to have an experience like someone who has grown up in the culture, would be fooling myself.

So, quitting caffeine or tobacco for little while would be the least of my worries.

 

Westerners can go down to South America, and find a place like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xedRxNkS9LE"]Ayahuasca National Geographic Drugs.Inc. - YouTube