Author name: Jennifer Shipp

One of the most important models of healing that Lydi and I work with and reference frequently in terms of the sacred medicines is Constellations therapy. Constellations are so fundamental […]

Maybe you’re reading this article because you have a major mental illness like psychosis, severe depression / major depressive disorder / MDD, incapacitating anxiety, or bipolar disorder. Or maybe you’re

In our work with the sacred medicines, particularly psilocybin, we’ve worked a lot with people’s trauma and the problem of soul loss. Soul loss is a relatively straightforward concept that’s

There are different ways to present the sacred medicines to people. Back in the day when Lydi and I first started working with Karolina, the curandera, we knew practically nothing

Lydi and I learned astrology and tarot card reading years ago when we studied the Kabbalah. Around the same time, we also studied Hebrew and Arabic at the University of

The most toxic substance in Amanita muscaria is ibotenic acid. The muscarin-poison that’s present in other species of Amanita are not present in significant quantities in Amanita muscaria. Because ibotenic

There are 79 species of tobacco. In commercial cigarettes, Nicotiana tabacum is the most common species of tobacco used. But Nicotiana rustica is wild tobacco, a type of tobacco that’s

Salvia divinorum is a sacred medicine that less famous than Ayahuasca or magic mushrooms, but this is an herb that deserves some focused attention especially if you suffer from neuropathic

Yukutuchi, also spelled Yucutuchi, is an important sacred medicine for the release of physical pain that has an emotional component to it. Also known as Sinicuichi, with an alternative spelling

Sapito is a venom derived from the Bufo alvarius toad. It is also known as Incilius alvarius or the Colorado River toad. The medicinal venom is released through the glands