Memorable conversations #15 [3 weeks into a dieta of Bobinsana with Maestro Abraham] Abraham: “I felt a great healing force arrive last night in the middle of the night.” Me: “That must be why I spent all night weeping while some kind of energetic surgery was being performed on my heart.” Abraham: “I also saw […]
About Serving Ayahuasca and the Sacred Path by Alonso del Rio
The following are additional excerpts from the book Tawantinsuyo 5.0 (which I recommend buying and reading) by Alonso del Rio. I first heard about Alonso from my friend and teacher, Maestro Abraham, who told me that Alonso had helped him greatly when he made his own pilgrimage to the medicine world of South America some […]
About Dietas and Icaros by Alonso del Rio
The following are excerpts from the book Tawantinsuyo 5.0 by Alonso del Rio. I first heard about Alonso from my friend and teacher, Maestro Abraham, who told me that Alonso had helped him greatly when he made his own pilgrimage to the medicine world of South America some 19+ years ago. Maestro Alonso del Rio […]
What is a Dieta?
“What is a Dieta?” is an article published online in 2008 by Morgan Brent and is being shared here because of its long-lasting imprint on me personally. I find it to be a very eloquent description of the healing process that occurs during dieta (when dietas are undertaken well and effectively), as well as an […]
Plant Dieta – The Practice of Sacred Relating
The following is a guest post courtesy of Skye Cielita Flor, a friend and one of the moderators of our Dieta of Teacher Plants & Trees group on Facebook where more nuanced discussions take place. Skye’s direct experience with plant dietas is primarily based on her time in the Peruvian Amazon, working and apprenticed primarily […]
Amazonian Curanderismo – The Art and Science of Plant Spirit Medicine
The following is a guest post courtesy of Skye Cielita Flor, a friend and one of the moderators of our Dieta of Teacher Plants & Trees group on Facebook where more nuanced discussions take place. Skye’s direct experience with traditional curanderismo is based on her time in the Peruvian Amazon, working and apprenticed primarily to […]