There is a class of medicines that’s not particularly well-known or well-understood even within alternative or complementary medicine circles: the sacred indigenous medicines. Sacred indigenous medicines include all of the […]

I remember feeling scared of the sacred indigenous medicines. It wasn’t that long ago that an Ayahuasca trip was a major affair for me. I remember being skeptical in regard

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statute that was created in antiquity by the Egyptians. This statue is a portrayal of a creature that’s half-human and half cat. If

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

Salvia divinorum for Opioid Withdrawals  Salvia divinorum, hereafter referred to simply as “Salvia”, is a powerful dissociative sacred medicine that has long been used specifically in Mexico by Mazatec shamans

NOTE: While Silene undulata is one of the most commonly used Latin names for this herb, Silene capensis is also common, and refers to the same plant. Another synonym for

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