Yopo: The Forgotten Visionary Seed of the Amazon
Yopo (Anadenanthera peregrina) is a small, graceful tree native to the tropical savannas and forests of South America and the Caribbean. Its seeds hold a potent secret—a complex mix of psychoactive alkaloids that Indigenous peoples have used for thousands of years to heal, divine, and travel to the spirit world.
Exorcism and the Ecology of the Invisible
I once spoke with a forensic psychiatrist who had interviewed some of the most infamous serial killers in modern history. One day, after meeting a murderer whose name everyone knows, she told me something that shook my scientific certainty.
“When I looked into his eyes,” she said, “they weren’t human. He was a devil.”
The Last Level: An Enlightenment Story You Won’t Find in the Vedas
How One Seeker Transcended the Ego, Civilization, and Personal Hygiene
Enlightenment can feel somewhat like a software crash.
And yet, the retreats are full. The dietas are sold out. The shamans are busy.
The Integration Crisis
Why the Real Work Begins After the Ceremony—and Why So Few Are Supported to Continue It
They come with pain. With real questions. With something inside that feels unfinished, fractured, or unbearably heavy.
Sacred Madness, Criminal Silence: The Many Faces of Scopolamine
The first time I heard the word burundanga (scopolamine) was in a bar in Bogotá. A man beside me, tipsy and restless, leaned in with a story that spilled out like a confession. He spoke of a curvy Colombian woman who made him feel like a king. They drank together. Then came the blur: a glass, a hand, a moment gone. He woke up in another part of the city, pockets empty, memory erased, his life abruptly edited with a missing chapter.
Ten Minutes in Eternity: Dying, Ecstasy, and Bufo Medicine
The Day I Died (And Lived)
Death is only the separation of body and spirit, or so I thought, until the day I inhaled the vapor of the Sonoran Desert toad, bufo. Its venom contains 5-MeO-DMT, a compound so powerful and ineffable that many call it “The God Molecule.”
Tobacco: From Demonized Poison to Sacred Medicine
Tobacco today is one of the most vilified plants in the Western world. Known mostly as a killer, linked to cancer, infertility, and heart disease, it has become synonymous with addiction and slow death. Yet this was not always the case.
Medicine DAO: Decentralized Like the Forest
How Tribal Memory, Sacred Healing, and Medicine DAOs Could Reweave What Civilization Forgot
Coca: From Andean Offering to Global Misunderstanding
Reclaiming the Sacred Leaf Once Honored by Empires and Now Feared by Nations
If the Cat Can Be a Shaman, Everyone Can Be
I’ve been living in the jungle for years now, facilitating ceremonies with ayahuasca and other sacred medicines. But some of the most mysterious, uncanny things I’ve witnessed didn’t come from visions or guests. During the ceremonies, I started to observe that a different kind of healer moved silently among us: my cat.