Ayahuasca-the Soul Vine, Ayahuasca-The Soul Vine Options

Greetings All,

A few weeks ago I had been reading of the Tree of Knowledge in a Book called "The Book of Fallen Angels" by Michael Howard. In the book there was a description of a 1961 Anthropologists encounter with the yahuasca Vine of the Conibo Peruvian Indians in the Amazon Rain Forest.

The encounter and experience described by the AnthropologistMichael Horner, Ph.D, excited me to the point that I ordered some Ayahuasca Vine through a Botanical Herbal Company. The pulped Vine was delivered by the Post Office some days later and I began prepartion of the Concoction the best way i could figure. I added water about 5 times and boiled it down each time to a soupy concoction. I then let it cool for about 1 1/2 hours and began drinking it.

I can sure see why the Anthropologist called the drink "The Little Death" since it has got to be the most bitter tasting drink I ever drank. Plus the last effects you will have is a motion sickness that seems like the merest movement shall make your skeleton come out of the skin. And your guts shall wrench as if you are about to vomit, yet I never did.

Now for the Good and Finer effects from the Ayahuasca Vine after first drinking the potion. It seemed as if there were traces of light pattern in the area above my head and wherever there was anything shiny it was magnified many times. The music I played was Rush 2112 on the Stereo and it was as if each chord and not was alive with vibrational color, and as if there was some Inner Meaning coming through the Music that was delivering my Soul, or in a sense giving me Spiritual Merit.

Then I was overwhelmed with the euphoric feeling of Well-Being and a Warm Nestalgia concerning anything my mind seemed to think about. It was a time of great exhileration as well as if the energy from the core of the Earth were drawing up through my feet and upward throughout all Energy Centers of my Body. The Currents of Energy went to a space just above my Head and seemed to settle there as a protective covering.

The last think I experienced worth noting was; I had to shut my eyes because they were getting very heavy and I was becoming tired fast. While my eyes were shut, Isaw a Emerald Luminescent Lunar Munath that seemed to Radiate an Energy around it in my Spiritual Site. It was three dimensional and it appeared fully formed. I still don't know why I saw that. Plus there were various color swhirls as of energy patterns in my sight just before I fell asleep.

Has anyone else had any experience with the Ayahuasca Vine. I would be interested in hearing of your experience. By the way it was legal to purchase the vine online.

Respectfully,
Helel (Joseph)

(PS that's Michael Harner, PhD, founded the Shamanic Institue)

actually to me it sounds like he has consumed the MAOIs and not DMT.

if by Ayahuasca Vine he does mean banisteriopsis caapi, then this is definitely the case. with no mention of the addition of psychotria/mimosa/acacia/etc i doubt this brew contained any DMT at all.

and just for the sake of clarification, the name 'Ayahuasca' does refer to the brew containing both MAOI and DMT, but is also the name given the the vine itself. the Amazonian indians consider that the vine is the medicinal component of the brew and that the addition of DMT containing plants is to add 'light' to the visions. partaking in an Ayahuasca brew that contains no dmt plants is certainly not unheard of and can be very powerful.

actually to me it sounds like he has consumed the MAOIs and not DMT.

if by Ayahuasca Vine he does mean banisteriopsis caapi, then this is definitely the case. with no mention of the addition of psychotria/mimosa/acacia/etc i doubt this brew contained any DMT at all.

and just for the sake of clarification, the name 'Ayahuasca' does refer to the brew containing both MAOI and DMT, but is also the name given the the vine itself. the Amazonian indians consider that the vine is the medicinal component of the brew and that the addition of DMT containing plants is to add 'light' to the visions. partaking in an Ayahuasca brew that contains no dmt plants is certainly not unheard of and can be very powerful.

yeah, actually I think you're more- right. harmaline content is awfully low in traditionally-brewed ayahuasca's.

not that it doesn't have an effect itself, though. At traditional doses, though, I think the main effect to be gotten is some sedation, perhaps a bit of a drunk feel.

with DMT, though, I bet it's quite potentiated, since psychedelic action is (though to) occur at the same receptors, i believe 5ht2a.