Ayahuasca: a Near-Death Transformation - with a detailed ceremony and integration guide

by Adriano Lucca

Overview

Yogesh and Aesha, two friends that I met in a meditation silent retreat in India, have planned to go to the Amazon jungle to partake in ayahuasca ceremonies.

Although my knowledge of shamanism is still rudimentary, I have heard of ayahuasca, the famous "vine of the dead," a plant-based concoction that radically alters the state of consciousness, also known as "the plant which opens the door to the spirit world".

Seeking spiritual growth, I decide to accompany my friends. I am not aware, however, that the spirits of the forest and that of ayahuasca were going to take me on the most intense, most terrifying, and yet, the most transformational experience of my life.

This is the story of a journey to self-discovery with shamanism and ayahuasca, a journey to the Heart.

Publisher's notes:

• This book is divided into two parts:
  1. An autobiographical account that focuses on an adventure in the Brazilian jungle among the shamans of the Huni Kuin people;
  2. A detailed guide with detailed advice on shamanic practices such as ayahuasca, kambó, rapé, and other rituals, traditions, and ceremonial uses.
• This book is in 6"x9" format and printed on cream paper to be more pleasant while reading. All of our publications are subject to rigorous typographical work and careful design.
• Cover photo: (c)Kirby Sattler, kirbysattler.com
• 246 pages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781788941952
Publisher:	Discovery Publisher
Publication date:	08/18/2018
Edition description:	Eco ed.
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

A Near-Death Transformation

A Timely Coincidence

Spirituality and Ayahuasca

On the Amazon River

Sacred Geometry

The Power of Sound

The Ruthless Game of the Ego

An Unexpected Near-Death Experience

Observations and Reflections on Ayahuasca

A Ceremony Without Ayahuasca

The Control of Emotions

Facing Death

Spiritual Autonomy

The Inner Path

The Curious Role of the Ego

Practical ceremony and integration guide with ayahuasca

1. The Dangers of Ayahuasca

1. The problem of dependency

2. The existential crisis

2. The Ayahuasca Integration Phase

Practice that facilitates the integration phase after an ayahuasca ceremony

1. Taking notes

2. Period of reflection

3. Envisaged decisions or changes

4. Intuitive development

5. Answers obtained intuitively

6. Unique intuitive answers

7. Reflection on the intuitive answers obtained

8. Dig deeper

9. Practice makes perfect

10. Emotions, reason, and intuition

11. Ayahuasca and spirituality

3. A Practical Guide to Ayahuasca Ceremonies

1. Ayahuasca in the eyes of the law

2. Your health condition

3. Before the departure

3.1. Carry out in-depth research

3.2. Choose your shaman

3.3. You are going alone, be even more careful

3.4. Inform the center of your health condition

3.5. List of items to take with you

3.6. Gifts for the shamans, elders, villagers, and children

3.7. Diet to follow before the ceremony

4. Before the ceremony

4.1. Dress code, ornaments, and shamanic objects

4.2. The intention

4.3. The first twenty minutes

5. During the ceremony

5.1. Points to note

5.2. Things to avoid

6. After the ceremony

6.1. Each at our own pace

6.2. Diet to follow after ayahuasca ceremonies

7. Before going back to your country

7.1. Importing ayahuasca

7.2. Importing and exporting shamanic objects

Tables

List of Decisions

Intuitive Development Sheet

List of Intuitive Answers

List of Unique Intuitive Answers