{"id":1444,"date":"2018-10-28T20:43:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2021-09-19T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T17:04:42","slug":"ayahuasca-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/ayahuasca-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ayahuasca Ceremony: A Trippy Experience in the Ecuadorian Jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I swigged the acid, gut burning liquor, stars danced before my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Soon I felt drunk.<\/p>\n<p>I prepared myself to be stripped, robbed and tied to a tree in the Ecuadorian jungle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But instead, the wizened Shaman smiled, crooked teeth and piercing eyes.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed at a wooden bowl containing a brown concoction, the reason for my pilgrimage.<\/p>\n<p>It was time for my ayahuasca ceremony and the trip of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Banisteriopsis Caapi<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;d\u00a0been zigzagging aimlessly across Ecuador on the way to Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>But then a chance encounter with a local in Ba\u00f1os changed my plans completely.<\/p>\n<p>He asked if I&#8217;d ever tried ayahuasca, and recommended a shaman who&#8217;d be willing to perform a private ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>My only knowledge of an ayahuasca ceremony\u00a0was from an old BBC documentary&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Showing a journalist trying the vine, before vomiting into a bucket&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/APky-ukvRtM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite such warnings, I wanted to try it.<\/p>\n<p>Even if I did vomit over myself and lose control of my bowels (as the rumours of ayahuasca suggested), at least it would be an entertaining\u00a0story.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem? The shaman lived four hours away in the jungle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite trying to convince my new travelling buddies that hiking into an unknown corner of the Ecuadorian jungle to take a hallucinogenic drug was a good idea, they weren&#8217;t convinced.<\/p>\n<p>I was by myself, an exploratory Marco Polo.<\/p>\n<p>Only the next day, I hurtled\u00a0down a bumpy road on a bus that seemed to have many important parts missing for safe operation.<\/p>\n<p>I was excited, buoyed by my foolishness.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the fun of getting old\u00a0involves\u00a0being reckless and giggling when\u00a0your future children ask what you were like when you were young.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving\u00a0at our destination, I found a small cluster of houses beyond which rivers snaked away into heavy jungle.<\/p>\n<p>It was early afternoon and my clothes dripped with sweat in the stifling heat.<\/p>\n<p>Monkeys swarmed around me, curious to investigate a foreigner.<\/p>\n<p>Unsure how to find my shaman, I waited as the midday sun\u00a0gave way to early evening and soft light filtered through the foliage.<\/p>\n<p>I observed\u00a0the inhabitants of\u00a0the provincial outpost.<\/p>\n<p>Life seemed simpler, in stark contrast to hectic\u00a0London,\u00a0where cold, drawn faces bustled through grey streets.<\/p>\n<p>A local man interrupted my reverie and beckoned me to\u00a0the outskirts of the village, where I was greeted by a tiny\u00a0old man with a contagious smile.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Shaman<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1451\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shaman.jpg\" alt=\"shaman\" width=\"640\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shaman.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shaman-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The symbol of my pilgrimage was a little over five feet tall, wearing a stained white shirt, flannel trousers and sandals.<\/p>\n<p>It looked like\u00a0he&#8217;d just finished work.<\/p>\n<p>When I\u2019d requested\u00a0a Shaman, I assumed he would come dressed for the part, wielding\u00a0a peacock crown\u00a0and ceremonial stick.<\/p>\n<p>He was blind in one eye though, which added a degree of\u00a0mystique.<\/p>\n<p>The shaman invited me into\u00a0his wooden house, perched precariously on stilts.<\/p>\n<p>A small partition separated the room into a living space and sleeping quarters, and I noticed three heads poking around the wall eyeing me curiously.<\/p>\n<p>The old man, speaking machine-gun Spanish, introduced his wife and two sons.<\/p>\n<p>His wife was ill, he told me, and would be participating in the\u00a0ayahuasca ceremony to assist her recovery.<\/p>\n<p>While the trio pretended to rest, it was clear they wanted to observe the strange Westerner.<\/p>\n<p>The old man began telling me about the impending ritual, testing my tenuous grip of Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>As he talked, the last rays of light slowly faded into heavy dusk while mosquitos feasted greedily on my skin.<\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u00a0the time of reckoning had arrived.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Ayahuasca Ceremony<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ayahuasca-Preparation.jpg\" alt=\"Ayahuasca Preparation\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ayahuasca-Preparation.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ayahuasca-Preparation-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After instructing me to take moonshine shots, the shaman handed me a bowl of\u00a0brown sludge containing the ayahuasca.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0boiled jungle vine had an unpleasant earthy flavour, which didn&#8217;t improve as I alternated between shots of liquor.<\/p>\n<p>The rounds continued until the shaman&#8217;s silhouette stood ghostly over me, in his hand a menacing\u00a0assortment of tree branches.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning\u00a0a series of chants,\u00a0the shaman struck me gently on the shoulders and head with the foliage.<\/p>\n<p>His voice rose and fell\u00a0in the inky darkness, the yokels sending\u00a0me into a\u00a0trance.<\/p>\n<p>The shaman lit a cigarette, taking intermittent drags as his continued the spirit cleansing.<\/p>\n<p>By now I felt twitchy and struggled to sit still, shots of electricity flowing through my limbs.<\/p>\n<p>The old man blew the contents of his smoke-filled lungs in my face.<\/p>\n<p>Normally I would have been unsure how to react, but by now everything was\u00a0so surreal that I merely giggled abruptly.<\/p>\n<p>My whole body came alive like a 1970\u2019s disco dancer, jiving high and low.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to separate reality from my racing thoughts, I looked down to see patterns flowing all over my hands.<\/p>\n<p>They were like 90&#8217;s lava lamps.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Bizarre Ayahuasca Trip<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think things could get weirder until they did.<\/p>\n<p>The shaman spat, on the top of my head,\u00a0oblivious to his witchcraft.<\/p>\n<p>I now knew why South American tribes used ayahuasca to elevate their consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I was on another planet.<\/p>\n<p>Time slowed, while the old man continued his ritual&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Poking me with sticks, and reminding me to keep up with my gruelling regimen of moonshine shots.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like I was riding an almighty roller coaster, as waves of euphoria hit and swelled within me.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the visions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1452\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mandala.png\" alt=\"mandala\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mandala.png 640w, https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mandala-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mandala-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They say that during an ayahuasca ceremony you can identify with a creature in the animal kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d always fancied myself as a lion, or better still gorilla.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a swarm of bats burst through the door and circled\u00a0the room.<\/p>\n<p>I felt like Bruce Wayne stuck in a well.<\/p>\n<p>Mesmerised, I followed their path with wide-eyed excitement.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the old man couldn\u2019t see my near maniacal stare in the darkness.<\/p>\n<p>I lost track of time, alternating between periods of acute hyperawareness and reverie.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Ayahuasca Experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smoking-man.jpg\" alt=\"smoking-man\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smoking-man.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/smoking-man-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0I regained perspective, I sensed the old man sitting quietly next to me.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that he was going to bed and pointing to the floor, indicated that I should sleep when tired.<\/p>\n<p>It was\u00a0pitch black in the hut so\u00a0I decided to stroll around the village, by now deserted.<\/p>\n<p>Navigating by moonlight, I wandered along the dirt track.<\/p>\n<p>Shadows twisted into serpentine shapes, while the trees contorted around me.<\/p>\n<p>Dogs with unusually large mouths barked at my passing and terrified,\u00a0I retreated back to the sanctuary of the hut.<\/p>\n<p>As I lay down, energy coursed through my body and I rolled around the floor excitedly.<\/p>\n<p>Bats continued circling, as well as darker creatures which emerged, phantom-like, from my subconscious.<\/p>\n<p>Soon I entered a colourful dream world.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ayahuasca Effects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">I awoke alone in the shack to find the husky light of dawn welcoming me back to reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to feel completely normal, the only after effect of my experience a little fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the shaman was drinking tea and staring contentedly into the distance.<\/p>\n<p>He flashed me a toothless grin, and after a brief exchange, we said farewell.<\/p>\n<p>I walked up the small jungle track to find a bus back to civilisation.<\/p>\n<p>When I turned back, the old shaman was watching me.<\/p>\n<p>I thought it funny that we&#8217;d shared such a strange and unforgettable night, but that I&#8217;d likely\u00a0never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>On the bus, I reflected on my experience.<\/p>\n<p>In the West, drugs are perceived as evil, society corrupting substances&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Yet in the jungles of South America, Ayahuasca is viewed\u00a0differently.<\/p>\n<p>It holds a spiritual significance, allowing communities to communicate with one other and commune with nature.<\/p>\n<p>The medicinal properties of ayahuasca are believed to cleanse it\u2019s users physically and psychologically.<\/p>\n<p>As I reentered society, I felt\u00a0a deep-seated peace.<\/p>\n<p>For once all restlessness had been shaken out of me, and I was happy at that moment to be bouncing along in that little bus through Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0ayahuasca ceremony had\u00a0plugged into nature, and I emerged feeling\u00a0truly alive.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that was the secret of the old man&#8217;s\u00a0toothless grin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shaman handed me a bottle of clear liquid and bade me drink.<\/p>\n<p>As I swigged the acid, gut burning liquor, stars danced before my eyes. 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