so they feel like the have valuable experiences then? I wonder if they are active TM meditators.
________________________________ From: Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dome Rot; MJ, yes I know a few people in Fairfield who are very much into it and have gone to Peru several times. They work with an indigenous shaman and often have a week of prep that involves dietary restrictions, etc. Plus becoming acclimated to the altitude. That would do me in as I've lived at sea level my whole life. ________________________________ From: Michael Jackson <mjackso...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 5:38 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dome Rot; there is a ton of stuff on it - I talked for a while with my friend who just did it down in Peru - he felt it was very intense and useful, he said he will do it again. ________________________________ From: Ann <awoelfleba...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 10:22 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Dome Rot; --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > Michael Jackson: > > Or one could go to Peru and imbibe in ayahuasca... > > > If you get any of the vine, make sure you boil the > hell out of it. LoL! > > The Native American shamans of Peru are related to > the shamans of Siberia. It has already been > established that Siberian shamans were probably the > source of the mushroom cult in South America. > > According Kak, Siberian shaman migrated out of > Siberia to the Americas and to South Asia. > > McKenna thinks the 'magic' mushroom probably gave > humans their first truly religious experiences and > the basis for all subsequent religions. > > Psychedelic experiences were probably the basis for > the foundation of all subsequent religions, > including the Vedic Aryans who consumed Soma in > India. > > McKenna proposed that the transformation from our > early ancestors into Homo sapiens had to do with the > addition of the mushroom Psilocybe cubensis to their > diet. Go figure. > > Works cited: > > 'Food of the Gods' > The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge > by Terence McKenna > Bantam, 1992 > > 'In Search of the Cradle of Civilization' > by G. Feuerstein, S. Kak, and D. Frawley > Quest, 2001 Not being an imbiber of hallucinogens or other drugs I have never heard of ahayuasca. Found one article of relative interest and I am sure there are many more with a more favourable take. http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/the-dark-side-of-ayahuasca-20130215 >