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• 6 Ways Ayahuasca Works Like a Good Trauma Therapist
  
  It may seem farfetched to suggest that ayahuasca can work like a somatically based trauma therapist, but I’ve noted intriguing parallels between […]
• 10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Drinking Ayahuasca
  
  Here are some details I might have wanted to know before my first cup of ayahuasca five years ago. (Despite the not-knowing, it’s all worked out […]
• Are Spirits Real?
  
  Sooner or later, everyone working with ayahuasca has to come to terms with this issue. Who, or what, are those beings we’re seeing in ceremony? What […]
• Ayahuasca: Knowing When It’s Enough
  
  It’s one thing to know when you’re called to start working with ayahuasca. It’s an entirely different matter to know when to stop. When is it time to take a break, or […]
• Knowing When It’s Enough, Part II
  
  In ceremony a few years ago I received a most disagreeable vision of everyone in the circle lying back on their mats like giant infants, crying out […]