Ayahuasca integration and aftercare lessons: 2 year update
Integration of Ayahuasca is the act/process of making these changes in habits and patterns in a way which is sustainable for a long period of time - let's say months…
Is Ayahuasca good for anxiety?
** Updated March 2023 **
Yes Ayahuasca is good for anxiety in that it can change your ‘mental perspective’ and you can ‘step out’ of you the part of your ‘mind’ which is experiencing the anxiety.
Ego Death Symptoms (ego dissolution)
** Updated March 2023 **
Symptoms of ego death can be varied and unique but generally may include,
- feeling closer to the people in your life,
- new mental perspectives, aka ‘becoming the observer’,
- introspective visual and emotional sensations or hallucinations,
- out of body experiences,
- simulation experiences and
- synchronicity events.
27 Ayahuasca diet recipes: from breakfast to dessert
I’ve taken 27 alkaline recipes from the web and altered them to be appropriate for an Ayahuasca Diet(a). There is also a downloadable PDF of these recipes.
Ayahuasca alternative? Various methods discussed
Psychedelics aren’t for everyone. What can you do to achieve similar effects like ego dissolution, connection to something higher and overcoming ‘bad narratives’ or problems associated with your mind? I would also add that the methods described in this blog could also be used by Ayahuasca users in between or in combination with a ceremony.
Ayahuasca integration lessons: It’s a tricky business
I think this post will be useful for those trying to understand what integration post ayahuasca might be like for them. Ayahuasca integration is not only about concreting the lessons you have learned into your life afterward, but also about integrating yourself back into a world which now might be seen through different eyes. Very different eyes in my case. In this post I’ll talk about my own stories of integration and how I understand the world after meeting spirits – which I have to say is a real head-fuck.
Ayahuasca and Spirituality: Anecdotes, Science and Buddhism
What does drinking Ayahuasca have to do with spirituality? Anecdotally it feels like a very special experience, like you’re in the presence of something great and wise (but without the ego) but, also scientific studies have been done which put Ayahuasca experiences at the same level as Catholicism with respect to spiritual value to participants. We’ll also look at how Buddhism, a spiritual practice, overlaps with psychedelic experiences in general.
What are the after effects of Ayahuasca? It’s complicated
After Ayahuasca the effects on your life can be extreme. Some for the good and some for the bad. It’s really a case by case basis but for me, they have included,
- continuing to get messages from Mother Ayahuasca,
- mental health effects both for the positive and the negative,
- attempting to make behavioral changes in line with the lessons you were taught by Ayahuasca,
- handling a new found world view and spirituality,
- learning to meditate,
- wanting to go back to ceremony straight away, and
- potentially needing to see a psychologist to make sense of the experience.
The long term effects of drinking Ayahuasca (DMT): GOOD NEWS
According to one scientific study, ayahuasca helped reduce depression and stress significantly and that these changes persisted for 4 weeks after ceremony. The study goes on to mention other benefits in terms of how peoples’ thinking is changed and we also talk about some other related information like, how DMT is produced naturally in the body, historical use of ayahuasca, the danger of psychosis, ayahuasca’s LD50, long term psychological effects and the number of ceremonies people have.
Ayahuasca & Ego Death: fun and games til someone loses an I
It’s slippery, but in this article, I use research to define Ego as an intermediary between the real world and other parts of your psyche and talk about how psychedelics interact with the ego from a scientific and an anecdotal point of view.