My Co-Creative Journey with Psychedelics

  • 2nd Ayahuasca Ceremony (2020) – Part 1

    2nd Ayahuasca Ceremony (2020) – Part 1

    I was left dissatisfied and frustrated with my first Ayahuasca ceremony, because I felt that I did not receive any insights, healings from Pachamama. The morning after the 1st ceremony, the curandero HC and Brother T called for a sharing circle. We were urged to gather around in a circle in the maloca, huddled close-ish,… Read more

  • 1st Ayahuasca Ceremony (2020)

    1st Ayahuasca Ceremony (2020)

    I was mighty nervous this day, and the fact that the ceremony kept getting postponed didn’t help, it kept extending the nervousness. The original plan was to start the ceremony at 6pm, (it was meant to be a night ceremony, under the almost full moon, in fact 2 nights before the Full Moon of March… Read more

  • The 21 Days before Ayahuasca

    The 21 Days before Ayahuasca

    Prep, expectations, experiences and the ultimate surrender 23 days before I was to travel to get to the Ayahuasca ceremonies venue, I was undergoing a sound healing session at The Lotus, Mumbai (the 2020-21 pandemic forced the Mumbai centre to close shop but the original Bangalore centre still stands tall). For the hour-long session, all… Read more

  • Ayahuasca Calling – Part 4

    Ayahuasca Calling – Part 4

    A Maloca is usually, from what I gather, a shaded roofed hut sort of space, under which sacred ceremonies are often held. Usually, people gather in near-darkness, the group led by an experienced curandero/ facilitator, drinking the tea one by one. And then, there is not even a candle’s worth of light in the space.… Read more

  • Ayahuasca Calling – Part 3

    Ayahuasca Calling – Part 3

    Googling Ayahuasca – anxious thoughts before heading to the ceremonies Before I go any further, I would like to write a bit about what Ayahuasca is, as I discovered and understand it, because I get asked that a lot when it comes up in conversation. I enjoy talking about the medicine, maybe even to a… Read more

  • Ayahuasca Calling – Part 2

    Ayahuasca Calling – Part 2

    Key lessons and themes in the run-up to the ceremonies: On Brother T’s advice, I would spend most of my morning walks at Juhu beach, running a wish-list/ ‘intentions list’ in my mind, wish-list for Grandmother Ayahuasca to fulfil/ heed. Initially it seemed endless. All sorts of wishes. Most of them categorically ‘not frivolous’, but… Read more