THE
HALLUCINATING
HERBAL TEA
This herbal tea has much greater to offer than you think
By Bhavnoor Minocha Apr 26, 2017
Ever questioned the mere existence of the supreme power? The meaning of life and the purpose of living? This brew might be the ultimate guide to find answers to those unresolved questions you have always asked yourself every now and then.
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This psychoactive brew commonly known as Ayahausca, unlike most psychedelic drugs gives you a hallucinating experience in the time span of 4-6 hours. This ‘Spirit of the vine’ commonly practiced in the dense forests of Columbia has ascended its way to the West giving a whole new meaning to drugs. People in Los Angeles gather in a group during weekends and pay 100 dollar for each night for the same. What’s better than having an herbal tea tasting like dark chocolate and bile, a little sour though but giving you a pleasantly unusual feel of its own?
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Herbal plants like these break the stereotypical picture of drugs in the society. The age old notion of smoking and sniffing particles down your throat is not everybody’s cup of tea. Let’s discover more about this Vine of Soul.
Your guide for the night
To have the best experience with this brown tea, trust your Shaman. He is a male member to have practiced the rituals and principles of medicine who is supposed to mentor you. From the stage of preparation to the after effects, this man is supposed to have all the knowledge about his brew.
So spend some time prior to the ceremony to know about him and his crew to attain a level of trust. He needs thorough research, practices and physical experience to procure that position, so make sure you spend the dusk with the right man.
The reality check
The outcome of this brew has astounding affects on people, yet not addictive. This is one of the most important things which makes it so special, that you don’t need to worry about craving it every now and then. So let’s give you a glimpse of its experience.
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You are required to dress in an all white uniform, gather in a group by forming a circle around the Shaman. He pours the liquid one after the other chanting, “If you are here, then you are meant to be here.” Soon the Shaman and his crew start chanting certain rhymes, playing music and dancing on the tunes of the same.
Gradually the liquid would start taking a toll on you. You would either start crying, giggling, hysterically laughing or even puking. A state of silence is attained after a point of time. This is when everything around you would start swirling and you will enter a dreamlike phase with a vague sense of time. The universe unites resolving all your complications connecting you to the supreme power. The Shaman continues his chant so that ‘the work in work’ of self actualisation continues unlike regular tripping. You might even experience a sad trip but in no time you would doze off in serenity.
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How much ever pleasing it might sound, Ayahuasca encounters you to serious physical, emotional and mental imbalance. A man with a faint heart can never surrender himself to this medicine as it increases your blood pressure and pulse rates. Still, there is something so powerful about this trip which makes you leave the place of usual reality and enter a pilgrimage of its own. Connecting to spirituality to this level can never be experienced but make up your mind and prepare yourself before you let this vine entangle you for a few hours.
Fig. 78 Ayahuasca beginners (2016)
Fig. 163 The ayahuasca brew, which is a combination of the ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi), chacruna leaves (Psychotria viridis), and water. (2014)
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