RE:RE:RE:RE:On another note....Stick to SA not Central America and if you want to try a religious try this one very popular
on tours by young people. Finda a shaman you trust as you generally become comatose
for 4 to 6 hours. Just had someone die of it but he refused to go to hospital when they told
him to.
Iowaska (also spelled “ayahuasca”) is a plant, native to the Amazon, that has been used for centuries, possibly thousands of years, as medicine by indigenous iowaska shamans across the upper Amazon throughout the regions of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. Various other names are known for this sacred plant, including caapi, natema, mihi, yage, and many others.
We have lost the origins of iowaska in the mists of history but there are many different stories among the indigenous people of the Amazon about the how they initially came to work with iowaska. In an indigenous context, iowaska was primarily used by the shamans of the Amazon region for healing and divinatory purposes. Complex rituals surround the preparation and use of iowaska that have been passed down through many generations of iowaska shamans. By holding iowaska ceremonies, they use the iowaska tea as a diagnostic tool to discover the roots of illnesses in their patients.
Until the Spanish conquistadors invaded in the 16th Century there has been no written recording of history in the Amazon, and hence the origin of ayahuasca is relatively unknown. However, a ceremonial cup believed to be over 2,500 years old was found in Ecuador containing traces of iowaska. The known use of iowaska is widespread and represents the basis of traditional medicine practice for at least 75 different indigenous tribes across the lower and upper Amazon.