The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 6, You are not a stranger

  It was a Dorothy moment if there ever was one. I definitely wasn’t in Kansas anymore – at least that part was certain. But this was a far curiouser case of disorientation than being deposited by a tornado somewhere over the rainbow. Far stranger than tripping down Alice’s rabbit […]

The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 5, The Ovation

We were only an hour or two into the healing ceremony and already San Pedro – the visionary cactus of Peruvian shamanism – was proving itself to be more than what I’d bargained for. The clouds had wrapped up their show, so I sat up on my rock […]

The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 4, Open Your Eyes

I was last to drink the San Pedro from the cup. “Remember what the Bible said, Creedence,” the voice of Sister Mary, my year 8 teacher, materialised in my mind, “those who are last shall be first.” She’d whispered the scripture to me as I snuck […]

The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 3, The Intention

Mental preparation. The dieta. No sex. There are number of things that should take place leading up to a sacred plant ceremony. Equally as important is ‘the intention’. That is specifically what you’d like the medicine to heal, cleanse or shine light on. The reason you’ve […]

The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 2, The night of San Pedro eve

“I get this pain – like a blockage. In my throat,” I held my oesophagus in the place where it hurt. In an attempt to articulate to my audience my intention AKA the reason why a 27-year-old girl with a ‘good job’ from Sydney had traveled, alone, 13,0000 […]

The Sacred Plant Series: Episode 1, ‘The Call’

‘Ayahuasca,’ – the name hit me like a spell at prima facie on a Sunday two years ago as I was surveying the strange book that had appeared on my kitchen table. “What’s this?” I asked my flatmate in some kind of trance. Not waiting for her answer to scoop it up, […]

An introduction to The Sacred Plant Series: My experiences with Ayahuasca & San Pedro

In July 2015, I travelled to Peru to drink ayahuasca and San Pedro (huachuma) – the sacred hallucinogenic plants of South American shamanism – to experience for myself the immense healing ability and divine intelligence that is said to inhibit these ancient flora technologies. Six months later, […]