Ayahausca and how it works differently for different people

[hoy]

Hi
I am a new poster, and am curious about other people's experiences with ayahuasca. Whether it worked strongly, too strongly, revelations, healing diseases or whatever. Any interesting stories would be appreciated. Also, if anyone is curious, I would be happy to let you know about a great program in Peru, with an extremely powerful shaman and some really good people, as well as a soon to be opened shamanism school on the Amazon river that should be quite intense.

[theclimber2]

Hey, I've never tried ayahuasca before and think it's time for me to go for it. I'm trying to get some info on good tours to go on. I'm worried about places i can't trust and would love to find one that i know somebody had luck with. If you could give me any info or tips i'd definitely appreciate it.

[Gift Horse]

Hi Hoy,

Did you look under the heading here, Ayahuasca and then go to the past pages of peoples posts?
There is lots of personal accounts there, including my own, when it was still fresh.
In a nutshell. I went for healing a lifelong condition of debilitating painful migraines. After 5 sessions, I directly asked the Master Shaman (from Peru , I was working with) if he could "cure" my migraines, he said by me coming to the ceremonies every so often , No. He said perhaps 2-3 weeks of energy work, everyday, maybe.
That was my last ceremony.
Though, I did enjoy my experiences immensely, migraine pain would stop during the ceremony, and I floated in a sea of bliss.

[daniel]

what is your information, hoy? I am often contacted by people looking for good places to go in South America to explore ayahuasca...

[jezebelle]

hey you all
Last year I went to a first shamanism conference in iquitos, very interesting people from all over the world including shamans from around peru. many ceremonies, many healings.
This year is the second one, called " scientists and shamans.
They will take no more than 200.
Maybe I'll see you there, find me
http://www.soga-del-alma.org/
love to the foreum, jez

[sacha]

I was at the Iquitos conference last year. Did we meet?

[jezebelle]

I'm not sure, but I bet I saw you. . . somewhere

I was with percy, norma, percy, and sayre. (and then to the north) who did you go with?

it was my first time, very educational, visual extordinare, and yet unique each time, for me, no memories just 3-dimensional graphics with knowledge.

the evolution continues. . .
I'd paste a picture if I knew how.
cheers, jez

[sacha]

I stayed with Casimiro Mamallactas because I was acting as the Mamallactas' translator. I would have liked to have drunk with some of the other curanderos, but had a responsibility to the Mamallactas. You may have seen me when I was translating some of the conference presentations to and from Spanish.

I lived with Casimiro Mamallacta (shaman) and his family in their village in the Ecuadorean Amazon for a total of about a year and a half. We traveled to Iquitos via a four-day boat ride down the Napo River.

[jezebelle]

ah yes, chuck was helping with translation and he stayed with percy, as well. The dualness of speaking another language is amazing. It comes out for me when I'm hitting glimpes of the biggness.
You were with the equatorians, as we called them! They did an incredibule dis-possession of a girl. She knew she had some bad juju from an early age, rape when she was real young. I heard about it, some even saw the bad spirit leave. She was my roomate one night and I got her story along with the other participatints that landed at norma's. The young men asked if anyone had of any serious issues because they didn't think they could take it again; they were scared. What a great service, the equatorians provided.
It's funny the more you learn, which I am still assimulating, the more you know you don't know and the more you want to learn. (a little philosphical mind fuck)
The pole to heaven can only come from you. . . what you peceive in-out-around.
I walked my ass off and had a really authenic-good-time.
Same-same?
jez

[sacha]

I wish we (or the Ecuadoreans) could take credit for that exorcism, but I think that was actually Guillermo, the Shipibo shaman... no, think it was Juan, mestizo shaman from Iquitos, who did it.

I liked Percy a lot, would like to drink with him someday.

[jezebelle]

Percy was the first and will always be like my home.
(hey you are a good speller, valuable)
I want to drink with Guillermo, his style interests me, many who have; shot themselves into their cosmic origins.
I have a funny story about my first time and percy's first group.
For most of us it was our first ceremony with ayahausca and percy's first white group. He mainly works with indians. We helped with making the purification mix, cleansed in the river, asked a million questions, bla, bla, bla, did the whole 9 yards.
At ceremony time we all sat together in the open air whatever-you-call-it and began the process. I remember worrying will I feel it, release my fears, close my eyes.
However we were all clueless as to protocol.
Chuck (blonde translator) and percy began to notice that individually we had wandered from the group and began exploring. Chuck and percy look up and think, "what the heck are they all doing." Nobody sat still and then we all crashed littered around the site Sometimes I sat near percy othertimes I explored in the dark (a bright moon was out and besides I felt like a 3 yr. old in complete trust of the jungle and moonlight, barefoot.
Any story?
hugs, jez

[Gift Horse]

Jez and Sacha,

I am loving these personal accounts.
Guillermo is who I worked with. What a "small" world!

[sacha]

complete trust of the jungle That is sure what I always felt on Ayahuasca.

There is a whole "Ayahuasca" section on this forum, and I posted a little in my intro thread there. That would be a better place for Ayahuasca stories.

[ April 12, 2006, 05:03 AM: Message edited by: sacha ]