“Literally days ago I returned from a two week trip to the deep dark jungles of Peru to experience a shamanic journeying in the Amazonian rainforest. I was initially terrified by the whole idea of travelling half way around the world in order to partake of one of the strongest entheogens known to man (Ayahuasca) in the middle of a rainforest far from civilisation, and arriving in the jungle in the middle of the night during a tropical downpour and having to trek for half an hour into the pitch black jungle certainly did nothing to calm my rapidly fraying nerves. But by midday the next day I had fully settled into camp life, which revolved around the ayahuasca ceremonies (up to four a week) and other shamanic work including flower baths, mud baths, spiritual healing and much more. Drinking ayahuasca for the third time turned out to be one of the most magical profound a beautiful experiences of my life.
In no particular order of relevance, I realised so much, my bad habits were placed before me and dealt with, problems and patterns that I had encountered through life were dealt with whilst the patterns changed before my very eyes. My family life and relationships were contextualised and I felt sorrow for some relationships but realised that this was part of the healing process. I became conscious of my body as a temple that should be treated as such – I could almost enter into dialogue with parts of my body to give me information about what I should change. There were shadows at times but I felt I was passing through with the help of the two deeply knowledgeable shamans. The monkey like chattering in my head ceased to be replaced by a feeling of intense peace. At one point during the trip I felt pure pure brilliant unconditional love all around me and washing over me and I gave my love back to this source I was part of everything and everything was part of me – it was so beautiful all I could do was cry with joy. The next day I had no “come down” feelings of ingesting the ayahuasca, only the feelings of elation continued. I drank ayahuasca again another two times but none of those experiences produced the same kind of intensity of this trip. Ayahuasca is a profound, wise and magical healer and not everyone will have a great experience with it, but it promises to change you unreservedly. Back in London I can say that this magical encounter has stayed within me – my only gripe being I have still not stopped smoking (if anyone has any ideas please let me know!) but my relationships have improved, I feel active and alive and the sense of peace is still firmly within me. The jungle and various expeditions I took part in were awe inspiring and my accommodation by jungle standards palatial – the family who looked after me whilst I was there made me feel like one of the family.
I travelled with El Mundo Magico – which arranged all my internal flights, transfers and accommodation at the retreat as well as a translator. The communication and organisation from El Mundo Magico was outstanding.”
