After lunch, we had a short expedition to a nearby village to see some sloths.
After the expedition, the group did another floral bath, then most of us hung out on the walkway at the front of the lodge overlooking the Amazon until dark. … Read more
Month: June 2016
Ayahuasca Diaries – Part 1
***FYI: Shit is about to get FAR OUT (man). Ayahuasca Diaries posts will be personal in nature. The parts about my actual ceremonies are basically transcribed from stream of consciousness journals I wrote the day after each ceremony, and therefore ramble. … Read more
Kambo
At 6am, running on limited sleep after the first night attempting to sleep in the jungle heat, I found my way to the maloca for our next jungle medicine ceremony. Johnny and his helpers were running this ceremony as well. Kambo is frog venom extracted from the Giant Monkey Frog native to the Amazon jungle. … Read more
Music du jour
Foster the People’s ‘Torches’ albums is incredible. I forgot about it for a while, but played it yesterday while playing poker tournaments and was reminded how awesome it is. Every song is good, which is great if you enjoy long-form listening like I do.… Read more
Nu-Nu
After dinner at 7:30, the group met in the Maloca for the Nu-Nu (pronounced ‘new-new’) ceremony. The shaman for this ceremony, Johnny, translated by Tamara, walked us through the process. Nu-nu is a finely ground snuff of five jungle plants: mapacho (jungle tobacco), cacao, cocoa, a certain tree bark, and another Amazonian plant which I didn’t write down. … Read more