AYAWASKA

GOLD PEACE MEDICINE

Today, perhaps half of the people who inhabit this world have heard or spoken this word, AYAHUASCA, whose vibration constantly resonates in the minds and hearts of men and women with a thirst for knowledge, truth, and peace... Far from turning to the etymology of its roots in the native language known as Quechua, we would like to say that we take this medicine, AYAHUASCA, to be well in our mind—the sky of our thoughts; to be well in our heart, which should attain the capacity to feel gratitude for the gift of our existence; and to be well in our being, in the ability to have made peace with all our relations. In that direction and sense, to have achieved the health of our body—the temple that shelters the sacred that dwells within us...

CAMALONGA

ALL-POWERFUL AND MAGIC MASTER PLANT

The ancient MURRAYAS priests, ascetics, saints, and true healers—those who, without seeking any favor, felt themselves to be “part of all things,” still live on in the memory of the SHIPIBO, an Indigenous nation of the Peruvian Amazon along the banks of the Ucayali River... Those remarkable men and women encountered this marvelous plant along their path, which today stands as one of our most important sacraments, together with our powerful Ayahuasca... The Murrayas took Camalonga and became one with this plant. They received its teachings, blessings, and power through prolonged fasting.

Many remarkable qualities are attributed to this medicine, above all its tremendous liberating power... Today, I must honor the memory and spirit of the ancient Murrayas. Likewise, I give thanks for the lives of the Onayas (healers) of the SHIPIBO family, for the mutual respect through which we recognize one another as brothers, and for the grace they have granted us—Fidelia Franco and Cesar Mainas, to carry this medicine and now share it with you, dear family of this Sacred Fire.

SACRED TOBACCO

SAYRI TUPAC

It is a plant native to the Americas. Today, it is consumed indiscriminately in social contexts, and the connection with the Spirit of this master plant has been completely broken... Notwithstanding the above, along this good path of knowledge—the wisdom of the heart that we strive to preserve—we find in our rituals or medicine ceremonies the ideal context to reflect upon the right way of relating to the spirit of things. Thus, we reaffirm the following: tobacco is the first medicine, the first sacrament; it is the gentle and kind herald that carries the voice to the four directions... There are various ways to use it for spiritual purposes. In our Sacred Fire ceremonies, we work with a corn husk to pray, to offer a prayer, to express the intention that calls us to attend and participate in an Ayahuasca ceremony, in a medicine ritual...