21st Century Guide to Cross Cultural Initiation

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Sometimes when we lose our minds, we go stark raving mad.  At these times, we are beaten with figurative sticks and kicks, maybe there is blood and death or sex.  The fluids and elements mix with our shattered psyches in a gaping gash of consciousness.  But I have found there are other ways to break.  I have found the simple strand that weaves a new story when you follow its thread.  I fell down and followed, after the breaking, before the death, near to the edge, I reached above my head, blinded until frozen fingers clenched a line that wove me into this story.  Listen, and listen well if you also choose to rewrite your very blood and bone.  There is a way.

INITIATION

Line breaks: ini¦ti|ation.  Pronunciation: /ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃn   /NOUN

1.  The action of admitting someone into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual:rituals of initiation: an initiation ceremony.

1.  The introduction of someone to a particular activity or skill:his initiation into the world of martial arts.

2.  The action of beginning something:the initiation of criminal proceedings. [1]

Our ideas of initiation, as shown above in the Oxford English dictionary, are all too often those of an outdated, mystical remnant of an animist or occult society.  The definition refers to a “secret or obscure society or group,” rather than a rite of passage into the adulthood of every human.  In actuality, initiation is an age old human technology ranging from puberty itself, to secret cults, to fraternity houses, to the prevalent high school prom — all forms of rite of passage into a more mature stage of life.

Initiation is a crucial part of life, for it helps us define ourselves through the many layers of our minds, spirits, and bodies.  True initiation makes a fractal imprint on the hologram of our souls, letting us know who we are, our purpose, our role in society, and where we came from.  For example, in some African Bwiti tribes, adolescent boys undergo extreme five-day entheogenic initiation rites to emerge with their lifelong career and social role meaningfully revealed to them through the ensuing visions. In America, we have high school guidance counselors working in cubicles who recommend lifelong vocations after simple 20 question quizzes!  We have forgotten the sacred, the techniques for showing our children the methods to talk with Spirit and find their way.

As James Curcio eloquently wrote in “Initiation, Part 1: The Masks of identity”:

“Initiation is such a constant in the cultural body that it is evident in one form or another in nearly every human culture that has ever existed before the industrial age, at which point it became notably absent, at least on the surface. This absence has produced a very real psychological crisis on a cultural scale, although as we will see in many ways the initiatory impulse has merely transferred itself, oftentimes to behaviour and beliefs which only shallowly fulfill that impulse.” [2]

When societies lose their initiation practices, new ones emerge, for rites of passage are hardwired in the human psychological formula.  New ways of reforming the psyche are not always successful or safe.  For instance, gang members sometimes initiate by killing people.  Or teenagers pull death-defying pranks in search of a witnessed “cool” communal identity.  Many people coming of age in the isolation of technological society, or even a deteriorating ancient culture, self initiate either with lone entheogenic stupors or the common self destruction of adolescence in the form of suicide attempts or cutting themselves. The soul naturally seeks ways to reform itself and create a solid identity in adulthood.

There are great risks to self initiation.  The lack of sacred Witness and group communion risks creating a long-term sense of alienation by imprinting the “lone warrior” caricature. Psychosis is possible due to opening energies without a suitable guide or supportive social network. Narcissistic and/or psychopathic ego inflation is also a risk of initiates. For example, there is the common psychiatric ward case of patients believing they are the one and only true Jesus Christ, implying that none have walked this path of self actualization before them.

We seek initiation for the sake of self definition, meaningful vocation, and to transform the energy of past wounds into the present form of gifts to our societies.  We seek initiation to become co-evolving participants of a society that communes with the sacred.

In 2014, many cultural creatives hope to evolve, yet we have lost so many of the keys to the maps of the Way.  We find them in various cultures world wide, and weave them into new ways of awakening.  For, as a world culture that desperately needs to re-imprint its relation to ecology, other nations, and the divine masculine and feminine, we seek large scale initiation.  It is arguably best accomplished through the personal salvation of initiation.  How do we begin?  What does the territory of planetary initiation look like?

Lacking initiation, we have come to associate power with the superficial egoic traits of dominance, money, exploitation, image (as in advertising and/or self image), social standing, and labels (such as college degrees) instead of learning to value the embodied power in sage spiritual elders with proficiency to transform the dark of the psyche, surrender the ego, lose control (through repeated practises of ritual, dance, music, or entheogenic trance), and share the wisdom of the ages through restoring faith in the Mystery.  Particularly, the concept of restoring Power through quieting the ego and losing control has been lost in Western society as we value the domination of intellect over the sacred tool of humbly listening in a state of surrender.  We egotistically believe that by releasing our grasp on control, we will lose our minds.  Ancient people knew that this sacred Surrender, done within the correct ceremonial container, is the best route to restoring our minds in relation to the whole, not losing it.

Once, I witnessed a 20 year old woman having a psychotic break.  I helped her while the group I was with created safe space for her to touch the grief of her childhood for the first time, in ceremony.  That was the energy of initiation.  When she asked me later with a stunned expression what had happened, I said, “You are shifting a pattern.”  She understood.

As we are seeing more studies about the possibility of DNA carrying intergenerational memory and information, we begin to realize, through science, that ancestral wounds are present with us.  As the Native Americans say, you heal yourself to affect “seven generations back and seven generations forward.” The lingering impact of these wounds seek initiation and cleansing.  We carry both personal as well as ancestral wounding patterns which hold untapped gifts of personal power.  Initiation can transform these energies and mark the transition with shared ritual.[3]

“What is the meaning of Initiation? It is the Path to the realisation of your Self as the sole, the supreme, the absolute of all Truth, Beauty, Purity,Perfection!” [4]

Below is my list of 20 traits of true initiation. They are guidelines and suggestions from a life replete with magical, and often isolated and harsh initiatory transition. I offer them to you, in hopes that we collectively recreate meaningful rites of passage for the transformation of consciousness for this prophecied time in history. Many are chaotically initiating themselves. Many are trying with few proficient guides. Here are guidelines to help you create appropriate initiation rituals wherever you are on the path, regardless of what methods and entheogenic substances, cultural trappings, or ceremonial elements you do or do not use. May we all, slowly and surely, begin to wake up the wisdom of the ancestors within us.

When I was with a 10th generation African shaman, I sang a song about waking up the ancestors within us in ceremony.  He looked to my gaze with clear white eyes in an ebony face and shared poignantly,  “We also have this song in our culture,” and sang it back to me in Bwiti. “The ancestors. They are in our bones.  Remember,” he said.

In reference to this prophecied time in history, which we may optimistically call the era of planetary initiation:

“As an analogy, we can look at the process of the caterpillar becoming a butterfly. In the chrysalis, the caterpillar doesn’t just sprout wings. Its entire body melts down into a biotic goop. The code for the transmutation of the organism is held by a handful of “imaginal cells” that start to propagate as the caterpillar dissolves. Although attacked at first by the dying caterpillar’s immune system, the imaginal cells install the program that produces the butterfly. Our modern civilization is now in the process of melting down and decomposing, and we have to become the imaginal cells engaged in the process of its transmutation.” [5]

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1. Initiation is holographic and operates in the spiral of time, affecting past, present, and future versions of the Self.  It is not linear, like our calendars.  Initiation evokes and affects our first memories as often as visions of our future selves. The Hopi, for instance, are known for linguistic markers which conceptualize time in a non-linear fashion. This arguably gives them greater skill at navigating the subconscious realm in relation to time as a holograph. In relation to ceremonial practice, accept the indigenous notion of spiraling time.  It will help you integrate initiatory information faster by giving you a greater sense of the interconnected web of life.

2. Initiation, well-done, ripples across the morphic fields of the archetypal, creative, formative, and material worlds by affecting dreams, psychic material, creativity, emotions, and even the physical world.  The classic tarot deck is a great representation of this, as it parallels the esoteric Jewish Kabbalah, in symbolically showing us the four levels of magickal morphogenesis through the suits of the wands, cups, swords, and disks.[6] An idea begins in the archetypal ethers, funnels into the realm of dreams, visions, and emotions, moves down into the realm of thought and mental activity, and then finally becomes manifest reality.  Initiation, because it is such a psychically impactful experience, can affect all four realities at once in impressive and synchronistic ways, leading to a revived belief in apophenia. [7] Again, initiatory experience is about reconnecting the separated aspects of the psyche. Ideas, emotions, thoughts, and physical things may quickly shift, as the psyche attains a new level of integration.

In some cases, as a longstanding emotional wound is healed,  repeating nightmares resolve, physical illness subsides, and the estranged family member who inflicted them calls for the first time in ages. This sounds extreme, yet is common in successful initiation stories.

3. Initiation can appear as extreme good OR bad luck which defies logic. This is because the energy to which the soul defines itself will create a spectral magnetism that demands attention.  Like a bad child, the astral commitment to the discipline of a new way of living is made great by the strong energetic bonds of initiation, so that seemingly negative things may happen in order to align you with your path.  Your initiation becomes a prayer in action, a living testament of your commitment to a new self identity which is alive and demanding. Pay attention! 

This phenomenon is often spoken of in the shaman’s path, for instance, but relates to all true inner callings.  If a person bonds deeply to the resonance of fulfilling a certain role for the collective, but later refuses the path out of shame or fear, difficult things may happen to them, which lead them back to it.  Although the chaos of these tragedies is trying, the loss of the initiate’s true calling in life is much worse, for it is the death of their passion and life offering. To ignore the call within is to turn away from the sacred like a bratty child grabbing for candy. Remember the mature prayer in action, the prize of your transformation.  Take it seriously.

I mention this from experience, as I had a strong initiatory experience a year ago that shifted many aspects of my life.  It consisted of an astral vision and clear instructions, total loss of appetite, temporary convulsions, a painful physical detoxification period, and sudden behavioural changes, with immediate loss of interest in previous addictions. In shock, I did not immediately follow the instructions from my subconscious mind and tried to carry on with my previous life. Slowly but surely,  most of the elements of that life fell away as I unexpectedly lost my job, became ostracized from many former friends,  surprisingly lost my entire savings,  and was forced to relocate. By then, I accepted the initiatory call and followed through with the previous instructions, successfully and effortlessly rebuilding my life, in a new way. I had been ignoring my true gifts in exchange for a false sense of security,  which crumbled before my eyes. The coyote medicine of this “bad” luck was exactly what I needed to revive my inner callings.

4. Initiation is extremely personal, as well as karmic, between past lives and intercultural concepts.  Wounds and connections can be emphasized that extend deep into the layers of your life, other lives, and ancient intercultural wounding patterns.  Once, in Mexico, I did deep shamanic work with a curandero only to find that her daughter developed a hatred for me due to the color of my skin and my bond with her powerful mother.  Less than a month later, a counsel of curanderos met at her house and focused their ceremonies on healing the violence and longstanding hatred between the indigenous people and the Conquistadors, which still remains to this day.  I had touched on a wound much greater than myself, or the realm of my own personal responsibility.  In a way, I had opened the doorway of a greater healing, by receiving this hatred and doing my part to transmute it. Initiative energies are thus not always friendly but if you persist, they can be revolutionary.

5. As with dreams, no one else can define your initiatory process for you because it is a direct letter to your soul.  Others can help you organize the symbols, but the revelation of meaning is always up to you.  For instance, years ago, I had an earth-shattering initiatory process and became a nervous wreck.  I realized that everything I was currently doing in my life was wrong.  I told my initiator this and, at the time, she suggested I patiently wait a while and follow through with my life.  I found that my life had become utterly unbearable with this new knowledge and ended up moving to a different city, dropping out of school, and changing my entire direction.  The initiator could not interpret the path FOR me; I had to experience the dissonance of repeated anxiety attacks before allowing myself to unwind them with what I knew to be a more fitting course of my life.

6. Like dreams, there is often an “Aha!” moment when you comprehend the lesson in the information of the initiation.  Initiation shifts deepset patterns of energy and thought.  This is the key to integrating the psychological Shadow – the lesson of the shadow must be acknowledged so that it can be embodied on all levels of existence.  In other words, the age-old tales of calling out the names of the demons of Solomon are critical.  If you cannot name the tasks and lessons you have mastered, you do not know their whiles.  As one shamanic teacher of mine once said, “Anyone can sit at my table as long as they announce themselves.”  This gives credence to the nature of identifying your psychological “demons” before transmuting them.

The “Aha!” is the moment of this identification.

Physical changes can even happen. One explanation for the varying seemingly dissimilar appearances of Aleister Crowley over his lifetime, for instance, is that he physically reflected the stages of initiation cellulary, by expressing different facades of energy.  The “Aha!” is the moment of intellectual and energetic understanding aligning. This happens because initiation must be a reprogramming on a cellular level for it to be embodied and complete. No one can tell you an initiatory secret. You must experience and embody it.

In the words of magical adept Lon Milo DuQuette:

“One does not learn a true magical secret like one learns a juicy piece of gossip.  A true magical secret is a light bulb that goes off over your own head when you finally “get” something.  In other words, the IX degree initiate of the O.T.O. [western magical order]is not obligated to conceal the “secret” but on the contrary, obligated to make sure as many worthy individuals as possible discover the secret by discerning it themselves. ” [8]

7.  Because initiation is psychological shadow work, it can take years to comprehend and undergo the full process of integration.  It may take years for a person to move into spiritual alignment with their soul’s purpose.  There is no rushing the process because the lessons along the way must be consciously embodied.  Like any other field of study, experience requires patience.

8. Initiation is always asked for by the querent – either in a spiritual plea, request, or direct calling.  The participant has to want it.  It is not random or invasive.  This is akin to the notion of “psychological hooks.”  A daemon can only possess you if you have an opening within your energy body for it to attach.  When you fully process that opening, the daemon will have nothing to hold onto.  A “hook”” can only catch a fish if it is swimming in its waters.  Just so, initiation doesn’t come out of left field.  Even if your request was made only in heartfelt prayer, it comes through the resonant field of the opening made by the plea.

9. Initiation is foremost about moving into embodied spiritual alignment, step by step, bringing the unconscious into consciousness.  It is the work of the Shadow.  Self mastery or “gnosis” is the goal of initiation, so that the querent learns their place in relation to serving the macrocosm.

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – C.G. Jung

10. Initiation does not end.  There is no perfect unchanging human state.  The nature of life is change. There can be many initiations in one lifetime.  High spiritual states are accessible yet it is key to continually learn.  A Master does not stop feeling normal afflicted human emotions, he learns how to honor and integrate them easily because of his level of practise.  When one reaches a certain level of spiritual understanding, it is common to desire serving others.

11.  Initiatory work is all inclusive.  No energy can be ultimately demonized or excluded because this polarizes the field.  If you believe in quantum healing, everything can be healed through morphic resonance.

One less personal, more cultural example of this is the syncretic ayahuasca religion of Santo Daime. The Daime religion accepts Christ and Mary as saviours, but in the very non-Catholic form of the ayahuasca brew itself. The Daime religion, therefore, does not demonize Catholicism, but includes it in their prayers, despite of and because of the terrorizing history of the Spanish Conquest to indigenous peoples and their practices.  The prayer is all- inclusive; it asks us to transmute even the bloodiest atrocities with teachings of unity. This is a deep lesson in personal and planetary initiation and in depolarizing conflict and magical attack. 

12.  The availability and depth of initiation and spiritual cleansing is related to the inner individual state in tandem with the sacred container of the ritual, including the clarity of the initiator and facilitators. If the channel/initiator and container are not clear of afflicted energies, this affects the initiation.  This is related to the concept of spiritual alignment.  No one living is perfectly “clear,” but taking time to clear a space and extraneous energies helps.  Banishings of energy exist for a reason.  Lines of disruptive energy, especially from the initiator or facilitator, can affect ritual in negative ways if there is a space for them to land.  Banishing can consist of typical Lesser Pentagram rituals done before the space is set, more complicated ceremonial ritual, qi gong banishing series such as the Dao Yin Wu Wei, or any simpler repeated personal formula for ritualistically clearing energy. Simply burning sage while chanting an invocation can be a powerful banishing. What is important is that you banish, not how you banish.

I once witnessed a friend cast a deep ritual space with a small group.  He did not focus on cleansing his own energy, to the degree of getting drunk on whiskey soon after ritual and ignoring many normal precautions.  He refused to acknowledge that his own unprocessed shadow material could affect the participants and then was shocked when many things went wrong in the days following it.  Because the ritual was focused on healing, even the wounds and trauma that arose afterwards, still created healing, but only through inflicting MORE wounding.  This can be avoided by responsibly casting ritual with conscious and experienced co-facilitators (to check and balance the energy), doing deep shadow work yourself, and with appropriate experience and banishing.

A well defined sacred container aids in creating psychic safety for initiation so that the querent can access energy akin to “psychotic break” and reweave the archetypal storyline.  This is why the container is helpful.  Utmost psychic safety in morphic fields is the responsibility of the initiator.  Psychotic breaks are a very real possibility when dealing with personal wounds, ancestral patterns, and imprints.  Skill, experience, and energy clearing are essential. You wouldn’t trust a stranger with your bank account; don’t trust them with your soul either!

Kundalini sexual energy, or shakti, is a part of opening and reworking the energy body. Make a safe space for that to happen. Sex cults do exist, who physically engage sexual energy in ceremony as a tool for healing and transformation.  However, without the proper training, experience, and level of initiation, sexual energy can be extremely difficult to navigate, full of some of our deepest wounds and shadow energy, and can do more harm than good. Sexual abuse and trauma are common elements of a healing crisis. Do what you can to make the space safe for this energy to heal. In one ayahuasca ritual I helped with in Peru, a woman with many past relationship issues immediately had sex with the shaman after a week of intense psychological immersion. The shaman became obsessed, controlling, and demanding in stereotypical machismo ways, just like many of her exes. She found healing eventually, but this additional trauma could have been avoided if a clear practitioner/client boundary had been set and respected.  Her process was aided by the intensity of more relationship trauma with a spiritual authority figure when it could have been purely nurtured in a sexually safe environment.

13. Spiritual alignment is not to be confused with a moral code.  It is a state of empowered, embodied awareness that connects the individual soul to the universal soul.  There is no specific moral code, other than the two basic tenets of honoring the True Will of the individual and acting with love, to serve the well being of all involved. “Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing, there is a field.  I’ll meet you there.” -Rumi

14.  Holographic energetics can be used for healing or sorcery.  The form does not reflect the outcome; purity of intention directs the energy.  “Drop the form; engage the formless.” Purity of heart and intention sound simple but are the cornerstone of transformative initiation.

15. Although sacred containers, shamanic tools, and altar spaces help focus energy, it is important to remember that these items are not crucial. In qi gong theory, practice centers around aligning the personal energy with the “yuan qi,” or the energy of the cosmos.  In the Andean Qu’ero tradition, the paqos (priests) align their energy with a star, or the spirit of a nearby powerful mountain, known as as “apu.” Connecting with the energy of certain constellations, or sacred places is also common in ancient Taoist healing techniques.  It is important to align the personal energy with the greater energy of the cosmos in order to remember the Source energy, humble the ego, and channel a larger power.  This focus surpasses all physical initiatory tools in its vital importance. 

Offerings are traditional in many cultures before doing deep psychological work. These also can be physical in the form of folded coca leaves in Southern Peru, flowers, sacred tobacco, or anything precious to you.  Or, offerings can simply be the symbolic offering of the energy you hope to sacrifice, for it fertilizes the earth in its rich release.

In addition, music, particularly live and vocal, is typically used in ceremony to induce sonic vibration, focus the mind, and set the tone. Ceremonies may have tight structures, with a circle cast, clear boundaries, rules, and opening and closing prayers. The rigidity or freedom of the structure is dependent on the individuals choice. Once a framework is agreed upon, it is important to stick to it with discipline because the ceremonial space serves as an anchor which can be vital when or if energies become intense or chaotic.

16. There are both lefthand path “dark” initiations and initiations of light.  Both, are in fact, pure and necessary because life is full of dualism and differing personalities.  However, it is a deep lesson to understand that quantum healing is available without repeating a pattern of painful suffering in a never-ending spin cycle of grief.  If we truly believe in holographic healing as the realm of initiation, pain and suffering are not necessary, although they are common in the physical plane of duality.  I am aware of initiations involving beatings, cuttings, and non-consensual sexual interactions.  Although they can be effective, they are also dangerous, and can cause a period of psychosis as well as epiphany.  It is up to the individual, which sort of initiation suits them best.  In my opinion, physically or emotionally inflicting pain isn’t necessary because we have greater initiatory tools at hand, which repattern imprints with healing rather than wounding, such as powerful entheogens, sweat lodges, ritual dance, consensual sexual healing, etc.

I was committed when I was 19 years old. For me, it was the ultimate form of rebellion. I experienced insensitive doctors, heavy pharmaceutical stupors, and the downfalls of Western medicine. Commitment served me by destroying my former uptight reputation and restrictive academic life path. It was liberating. Ultimately, it was a method of lefthand path initiation. Sadly, I chose it subconsciously because at the time, I didn’t know better.

17. Nothing can “go wrong” in an initiation process because it is a holographic field.  Each incident is a reflection of energetic integration.  The events are significant and meaningful.  Whatever seems to “go wrong” is a symbolic sign for all involved to interpret.

18. If you want to be further initiated as an energetic healer, it is important to hold your intentions clearly, be consistent, do witnessed deep psychological shadow work on yourself, and turn away from attraction to or addictive patterns involving harmful energies and black magick.  In Peru, for instance, there are many tales of shamanic healers, priests, and brujos (witches) practising black magic.  As long as you engage in energetic attack and counter attack to others, you are feeding the current of defense and disease rather than the current of healing.  Instead, focus on prayers of forgiveness and healing as defense, as well as energetic banishings and inner work as forms of uplifting protection.  When you do so with conviction, more doors will open to you as a healer, as opposed to more attacks.  Negative energies will always exist and attack, but there are ways to avoid constant affliction by them.

19.  The temptation of using initiatory energies as tools for your ego to get the material things you want is not a purely moral issue.  It’s just that this approach tends to ignore the greater opportunity to converse with spirit, while swimming in the energetic void.  For example, a friend recently asked me about my lucid dreaming experience and I responded that although I sometimes dream for others or remote view for the sake of healing, I do not dream with the intention of controlling every vision or symbol.  These controlling tendencies are obvious at times in New Age theories that advertise how you can get everything you desire if you only learn their special wishing formula.  The downside of this, of course, is that chaos magick comes with egoic baggage.  You may get what you wanted, as well as the invisible baggage surrounding it and your egoic desires.  It is important to remember that your magickal workings, healings, and initiations are energetic magnifying portals.  It is wise to create a conversation between yourself and the universe, rather than a demand, for — trust me — the universe has a funny sense of humor.  Therefore, rather than directing magical workings with egoic force, I tend to interact with the symbols that naturally arise in relation to the query.  Spells are real; cast them wisely.

20. Initiation is fun!  Magick without tears is possible and miracles happen that you would never have believed before witnessing them.

Many scholars believe the famed secret rites of the Eleusinian Mystery initiation ceremonies in ancient Greece circa 1600-1000 B.C. were likely carried out with the aid of entheogenic agents — possibly ergot or psilocybin — by trained hierophants and priestesses.

“For among the many excellent and indeed divine institutions which your Athens has brought forth and contributed to human life, none, in my opinion, is better than those mysteries. For by their means we have been brought out of our barbarous and savage mode of life and educated and refined to a state of civilization; and as the rites are called “initiations,” so in very truth we have learned from them the beginnings of life, and have gained the power not only to live happily, but also to die with a better hope.”[10]

Today we have global unchecked environmental problems, violence, and an epidemic of psychological illness, the likes of which have never existed before.  If the depth of personal initiation, such as the Eleusinian Mystery school, or a five day near- death iboga ceremony, or being buried in a grave for a day (a common worldwide initiation from death to life), can reinvigorate an individual and teach them their proper identity in relation to the whole, how do we begin waking up the masses so that they may realize their potential and rebuild a collective relationship with personal power and responsible authority? Perhaps it is as it has always been- we rise one by one, as the imaginal cells that awake to greater consciousness begin to share the new vision.

Let us learn again to initiate one another with pure intention, with experience, expertise,  and responsibility, added to the belief in the miraculous healing of alchemical transformation and its ability to globally shift society by empowering individuals towards self realization.  Let us remember how to create heaven on earth, for that is the goal of gaining self knowledge — to bring us collectively closer to the divine while living. 

 

References

[1] Initiation definition, Oxford English Dictionary

(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/initiation)

[2] “Making Do Without a Guide,” James Curcio.

http.realitysandwichcom/48058 initiation_part_3_making_do_without_guide/

[3]  Emory School of Medicine study on memories passed through DNA

http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/scientists-have-found-that-memories-can-be-passed-down-through-generations-in-our-genes/

[4]“Magick Without Tears,” Aleister Crowley. Ch.71.

[5]“Planetary Initiation, ” Daniel Pinchbeck

https://realitysandwich.com/163833/planetary_initiation/

[6] “Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot,” Lon Milo DuQuette

[7] “Apophenia is the experience of seeing patterns and connections in random or “meaningless” data.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

[8] Hopi language and concept of time

http://www.nickyee.com/ponder/whorf.html

[9] Lon Milo DuQuette excerpt from Introduction to “Sex Magick,” by Aleister Crowley.

[10] Eleusinian Mystery. Cicero, Laws II, xiv, 3

 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries

Extra Reading

~ “Rites and Symbols of Initiation,” Mircea Eliade

~ “The Hero with a Thousand Faces,” Joseph Campbell

~http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/pharmacotheon/pharmacotheon_postscriptum.shtml

Erowid. Eleusinian Mysteries.  Johnathan Ott.

~ “Faust,” Goethe.

~ Lesser Key of Solomon.  Goetia.

 Image by John S. Y. Lee, courtesy of Creative Commons license.

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Kilindi Iyi: Mycologist, Traveler, Teacher
Learn about traveler and mycologist Kilindi Iyi known in the psychedelic community for his research and exploration of psilocybin.

How to Store Shrooms: Best Practices
How do you store shrooms for optimal shelf life? Learn how and why the proper storage method is so important.

Shroom Chocolate Recipes: How to Make Magic Mushroom Chocolates
This recipe provides step by step directions on how you can make mushroom chocolates with the necessary ingredients. Read to learn more!

Why Do People Use Psilocybin? New Johns Hopkins Study
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicines has just published a new study on psychoactive effects of psilocybin. Read here to learn more.

How-To Lemon Tek: Ultimate Guide and Recipe
This master guide will teach you how to lemon tek, preventing the onset of negative effects after consuming psilocybin. Read to learn more!

How to Intensify a Mushroom Trip
Learn about techniques like Lemon tekking, or discover the right time to consume cannabis if you are looking to intensify a mushroom trip.

How to Grow Magic Mushrooms: Step-by-Step
This step-by-step guide will show you how to grow magic mushrooms at home. Read this guide before trying it on your own.

How to Dry Magic Mushrooms: Best Practices
Read to learn more about specifics for the best practices on how to dry magic mushrooms after harvesting season.

How to Buy Psilocybin Spores
Interested in psilocybin mushrooms? We’ll walk you through all you need to know to obtain mushroom spores. Nosh on this delish How To guide.

Hippie Flipping: When Shrooms and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Explore the mechanics of hippie flipping and how to safely experiment.

Having Sex on Shrooms: Good or Bad Idea?
Is having sex on shrooms a good idea or an accident waiting to happen? Find out in our guide to sex on magic mushrooms.

Gold Cap Shrooms Guide: Spores, Effects, Identification
Read this guide to learn more about the different characteristics of gold cap mushrooms, and how they differ from other psilocybin species.

Guide to Cooking with Magic Mushrooms
From cookies to smoothies and sandwiches, we cover various methods of cooking with magic mushrooms for the ultimate snack.

2020 Election: The Decriminalize Psilocybin Movement
Are you curious if mushrooms will follow in marijuana’s footsteps? Read to learn about how the U.S. is moving to decriminalize psilocybin.

Oregon’s Initiative to Legalize Mushrooms | Initiative Petition 34
Oregon continues to push ahead with their initiative to legalize Psilocybin in 2020. The measure received its official title and now needs signatures.

Canada Approves Psilocybin Treatment for Terminally-Ill Cancer Patients
Canada’s Minister of Health, Patty Hajdu approved the use of psilocybin to help ease anxiety and depression of four terminal cancer patients.

Mapping the DMT Experience
With only firsthand experiences to share, how can we fully map the DMT experience? Let’s explore what we know about this powerful psychedelic.

Guide to Machine Elves and Other DMT Entities
This guide discusses machine elves, clockwork elves, and other common DMT entities that people experience during a DMT trip.

Is the DMT Experience a Hallucination? 
What if the DMT realm was the real world, and our everyday lives were merely a game we had chosen to play?

How to Store DMT
Not sure how to store DMT? Read this piece to learn the best practices and elements of advice to keep your stuff fresh.

What Does 5-MeO-DMT Show Us About Consciousness?
How does our brain differentiate between what’s real and what’s not? Read to learn what can 5-MeO-DMT show us about consciousness.

How to Smoke DMT: Processes Explained
There are many ways to smoke DMT and we’ve outlined some of the best processes to consider before embarking on your journey.

How to Ground After DMT
Knowing what to expect from a DMT comedown can help you integrate the experience to gain as much value as possible from your journey.

How To Get DMT
What kind of plants contain DMT? Are there other ways to access this psychedelic? Read on to learn more about how to get DMT.

How DMT is Made: Everything You Need to Know
Ever wonder how to make DMT? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how DMT is made.

Having Sex on DMT: What You Need to Know
Have you ever wondered about sex on DMT? Learn how the God Molecule can influence your intimate experiences.

Does the Human Brain Make DMT? 
With scientific evidence showing us DMT in the brain, what can we conclude it is there for? Read on to learn more.

How to Use DMT Vape Pens
Read to learn all about DMT vape pens including: what to know when vaping, what to expect when purchasing a DMT cartridge, and vaping safely.

DMT Resources
This article is a comprehensive DMT resource providing extensive information from studies, books, documentaries, and more. Check it out!

Differentiating DMT and Near-Death Experiences
Some say there are similarities between a DMT trip and death. Read our guide on differentiating DMT and near-death experiences to find out.

DMT Research from 1956 to the Edge of Time
From a representative sample of a suitably psychedelic crowd, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who couldn’t tell you all about Albert Hofmann’s enchanted bicycle ride after swallowing what turned out to be a massive dose of LSD. Far fewer, however, could tell you much about the world’s first DMT trip.

The Ultimate Guide to DMT Pricing
Check out our ultimate guide on DMT pricing to learn what to expect when purchasing DMT for your first time.

DMT Milking | Reality Sandwich
Indigenous cultures have used 5-MeO-DMT for centuries. With the surge in demand for psychedelic toad milk, is DMT Milking harming the frogs?

Why Does DMT Pervade Nature?
With the presence of DMT in nature everywhere – including human brains – why does it continue to baffle science?

DMT Substance Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to DMT has everything you want to know about this powerful psychedelic referred to as “the spirit molecule”.

DMT for Depression: Paving the Way for New Medicine
We’ve been waiting for an effective depression treatment. Studies show DMT for depression works even for treatment resistant patients.

Beating Addiction with DMT
Psychedelics have been studied for their help overcoming addiction. Read how DMT is helping addicts beat their substance abuse issues.

DMT Extraction: Behind the Scientific Process
Take a look at DMT extraction and the scientific process involved. Learn all you need to know including procedures and safety.

Microdosing DMT & Common Dosages Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing DMT.

DMT Art: A Look Behind Visionary Creations
An entire genre of artwork is inspired by psychedelic trips with DMT. Read to learn about the entities and visions behind DMT art.

Changa vs. DMT: What You Need to Know
While similar (changa contains DMT), each drug has its own unique effect and feeling. Let’s compare and contrast changa vs DMT.

5-MeO-DMT Guide: Effects, Benefits, Safety, and Legality
5-Meo-DMT comes from the Sonora Desert toad. Here is everything you want to know about 5-Meo-DMT and how it compares to 4-AcO-DMT.

4-AcO-DMT Guide: Benefits, Effects, Safety, and Legality
This guide tells you everything about 4 AcO DMT & 5 MeO DMT, that belong to the tryptamine class, and are similar but slightly different to DMT.

How Much Does LSD Cost? When shopping around for that magical psychedelic substance, there can be many uncertainties when new to buying LSD. You may be wondering how much does LSD cost? In this article, we will discuss what to expect when purchasing LSD on the black market, what forms LSD is sold in, and the standard breakdown of buying LSD in quantity.   Navy Use of LSD on the Dark Web The dark web is increasingly popular for purchasing illegal substances. The US Navy has now noticed this trend with their staff. Read to learn more.   Having Sex on LSD: What You Need to Know Can you have sex on LSD? Read our guide to learn everything about sex on acid, from lowered inhibitions to LSD users quotes on sex while tripping.   A Drug That Switches off an LSD Trip A pharmaceutical company is developing an “off-switch” drug for an LSD trip, in the case that a bad trip can happen. Some would say there is no such thing.   Queen of Hearts: An Interview with Liz Elliot on Tim Leary and LSD The history of psychedelia, particularly the British experience, has been almost totally written by men. Of the women involved, especially those who were in the thick of it, little has been written either by or about them. A notable exception is Liz Elliot.   LSD Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety LSD, Lysergic acid diethylamide, or just acid is one of the most important psychedelics ever discovered. What did history teach us?   Microdosing LSD & Common Dosage Explained Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing LSD.   LSD Resources Curious to learn more about LSD? This guide includes comprehensive LSD resources containing books, studies and more.   LSD as a Spiritual Aid There is common consent that the evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness. From the described process of how consciousness originates and develops, it becomes evident that its growth depends on its faculty of perception. Therefore every means of improving this faculty should be used.   Legendary LSD Blotter Art: A Hidden Craftsmanship Have you ever heard of LSD blotter art? Explore the trippy world of LSD art and some of the top artists of LSD blotter art.   LSD and Exercise: Does it Work? LSD and exercise? Learn why high-performing athletes are taking hits of LSD to improve their overall potential.   Jan Bastiaans Treated Holocaust Survivors with LSD Dutch psychiatrist, Jan Bastiaans administered LSD-assisted therapy to survivors of the Holocaust. A true war hero and pioneer of psychedelic-therapy.   LSD and Spiritual Awakening I give thanks for LSD, which provided the opening that led me to India in 1971 and brought me to Neem Karoli Baba, known as Maharajji. Maharajji is described by the Indians as a “knower of hearts.”   How LSD is Made: Everything You Need to Know Ever wonder how to make LSD? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how LSD is made.   How to Store LSD: Best Practices Learn the best way to store LSD, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long LSD lasts when stored.   Bicycle Day: The Discovery of LSD Every year on April 19th, psychonauts join forces to celebrate Bicycle Day. Learn about the famous day when Albert Hoffman first discovered the effects of LSD.   Cary Grant: A Hollywood Legend On LSD Cary Grant was a famous actor during the 1930’s-60’s But did you know Grant experimented with LSD? Read our guide to learn more.   Albert Hofmann: LSD — My Problem Child Learn about Albert Hofmann and his discovery of LSD, along with the story of Bicycle Day and why it marks a historic milestone.   Babies are High: What Does LSD Do To Your Brain What do LSD and babies have in common? Researchers at the Imperial College in London discover that an adult’s brain on LSD looks like a baby’s brain.   1P LSD: Effects, Benefits, Safety Explained 1P LSD is an analogue of LSD and homologue of ALD-25. Here is everything you want to know about 1P LSD and how it compares to LSD.   Francis Crick, DNA & LSD Type ‘Francis Crick LSD’ into Google, and the result will be 30,000 links. Many sites claim that Crick (one of the two men responsible for discovering the structure of DNA), was either under the influence of LSD at the time of his revelation or used the drug to help with his thought processes during his research. Is this true?   What Happens If You Overdose on LSD? A recent article presented three individuals who overdosed on LSD. Though the experience was unpleasant, the outcomes were remarkably positive.

The Ayahuasca Experience
Ayahuasca is both a medicine and a visionary aid. You can employ ayahuasca for physical, mental, emotional and spiritual repair, and you can engage with the power of ayahuasca for deeper insight and realization. If you consider attainment of knowledge in the broadest perspective, you can say that at all times, ayahuasca heals.

 

Trippy Talk: Meet Ayahuasca with Sitaramaya Sita and PlantTeachers
Sitaramaya Sita is a spiritual herbalist, pusangera, and plant wisdom practitioner formally trained in the Shipibo ayahuasca tradition.

 

The Therapeutic Value of Ayahuasca
My best description of the impact of ayahuasca is that it’s a rocket boost to psychospiritual growth and unfolding, my professional specialty during my thirty-five years of private practice.

 

Microdosing Ayahuasca: Common Dosage Explained
What is ayahuasca made of and what is considered a microdose? Explore insights with an experienced Peruvian brewmaster and learn more about this practice.

 

Ayahuasca Makes Neuron Babies in Your Brain
Researchers from Beckley/Sant Pau Research Program have shared the latest findings in their study on the effects of ayahuasca on neurogenesis.

 

The Fatimiya Sufi Order and Ayahuasca
In this interview, the founder of the Fatimiya Sufi Order,  N. Wahid Azal, discusses the history and uses of plant medicines in Islamic and pre-Islamic mystery schools.

 

Consideration Ayahuasca for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Research indicates that ayahuasca mimics mechanisms of currently accepted treatments for PTSD. In order to understand the implications of ayahuasca treatment, we need to understand how PTSD develops.

 

Brainwaves on Ayahuasca: A Waking Dream State
In a study researchers shared discoveries showing ingredients found in Ayahuasca impact the brainwaves causing a “waking dream” state.

 

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a pro cannabis Peruvian Shaman.

 

Ayahuasca Retreat 101: Everything You Need to Know to Brave the Brew
Ayahuasca has been known to be a powerful medicinal substance for millennia. However, until recently, it was only found in the jungle. Word of its deeply healing and cleansing properties has begun to spread across the world as many modern, Western individuals are seeking spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. More ayahuasca retreat centers are emerging in the Amazon and worldwide to meet the demand.

 

Ayahuasca Helps with Grief
A new study published in psychopharmacology found that ayahuasca helped those suffering from the loss of a loved one up to a year after treatment.

 

Ayahuasca Benefits: Clinical Improvements for Six Months
Ayahuasca benefits can last six months according to studies. Read here to learn about the clinical improvements from drinking the brew.

 

Ayahuasca Culture: Indigenous, Western, And The Future
Ayahuasca has been use for generations in the Amazon. With the rise of retreats and the brew leaving the rainforest how is ayahuasca culture changing?

 

Ayahuasca Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
The Amazonian brew, Ayahuasca has a long history and wide use. Read our guide to learn all about the tea from its beginnings up to modern-day interest.

 

Ayahuasca and the Godhead: An Interview with Wahid Azal of the Fatimiya Sufi Order
Wahid Azal, a Sufi mystic of The Fatimiya Sufi Order and an Islamic scholar, talks about entheogens, Sufism, mythology, and metaphysics.

 

Ayahuasca and the Feminine: Women’s Roles, Healing, Retreats, and More
Ayahuasca is lovingly called “grandmother” or “mother” by many. Just how feminine is the brew? Read to learn all about women and ayahuasca.

What Is the Standard of Care for Ketamine Treatments?
Ketamine therapy is on the rise in light of its powerful results for treatment-resistant depression. But, what is the current standard of care for ketamine? Read to find out.

What Is Dissociation and How Does Ketamine Create It?
Dissociation can take on multiple forms. So, what is dissociation like and how does ketamine create it? Read to find out.

Having Sex on Ketamine: Getting Physical on a Dissociative
Curious about what it could feel like to have sex on a dissociate? Find out all the answers in our guide to sex on ketamine.

Special K: The Party Drug
Special K refers to Ketamine when used recreationally. Learn the trends as well as safety information around this substance.

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

Ketamine vs. Esketamine: 3 Important Differences Explained
Ketamine and esketamine are used to treat depression. But what’s the difference between them? Read to learn which one is right for you: ketamine vs. esketamine.

Guide to Ketamine Treatments: Understanding the New Approach
Ketamine is becoming more popular as more people are seeing its benefits. Is ketamine a fit? Read our guide for all you need to know about ketamine treatments.

Ketamine Treatment for Eating Disorders
Ketamine is becoming a promising treatment for various mental health conditions. Read to learn how individuals can use ketamine treatment for eating disorders.

Ketamine Resources, Studies, and Trusted Information
Curious to learn more about ketamine? This guide includes comprehensive ketamine resources containing books, studies and more.

Ketamine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to ketamine has everything you need to know about this “dissociative anesthetic” and how it is being studied for depression treatment.

Ketamine for Depression: A Mental Health Breakthrough
While antidepressants work for some, many others find no relief. Read to learn about the therapeutic uses of ketamine for depression.

Ketamine for Addiction: Treatments Offering Hope
New treatments are offering hope to individuals suffering from addiction diseases. Read to learn how ketamine for addiction is providing breakthrough results.

Microdosing Ketamine & Common Dosages Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing ketamine.

How to Ease a Ketamine Comedown
Knowing what to expect when you come down from ketamine can help integrate the experience to gain as much value as possible.

How to Store Ketamine: Best Practices
Learn the best ways how to store ketamine, including the proper temperature and conditions to maximize how long ketamine lasts when stored.

How To Buy Ketamine: Is There Legal Ketamine Online?
Learn exactly where it’s legal to buy ketamine, and if it’s possible to purchase legal ketamine on the internet.

How Long Does Ketamine Stay in Your System?
How long does ketamine stay in your system? Are there lasting effects on your body? Read to discover the answers!

How Ketamine is Made: Everything You Need to Know
Ever wonder how to make Ketamine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how Ketamine is made.

Colorado on Ketamine: First Responders Waiver Programs
Fallout continues after Elijah McClain. Despite opposing recommendations from some city council, Colorado State Health panel recommends the continued use of ketamine by medics for those demonstrating “excited delirium” or “extreme agitation”.

Types of Ketamine: Learn the Differences & Uses for Each
Learn about the different types of ketamine and what they are used for—and what type might be right for you. Read now to find out!

Kitty Flipping: When Ketamine and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Read to explore the mechanics of kitty flipping.

MDMA & Ecstasy Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to MDMA has everything you want to know about Ecstasy from how it was developed in 1912 to why it’s being studied today.

How To Get the Most out of Taking MDMA as a Couple
Taking MDMA as a couple can lead to exciting experiences. Read here to learn how to get the most of of this love drug in your relationship.

Common MDMA Dosage & Microdosing Explained
Microdosing, though imperceivable, is showing to have many health benefits–here is everything you want to know about microdosing MDMA.

Having Sex on MDMA: What You Need to Know
MDMA is known as the love drug… Read our guide to learn all about sex on MDMA and why it is beginning to makes its way into couple’s therapy.

How MDMA is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make MDMA? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how MDMA is made.

Hippie Flipping: When Shrooms and Molly Meet
What is it, what does it feel like, and how long does it last? Explore the mechanics of hippie flipping and how to safely experiment.

How Cocaine is Made: Common Procedures Explained
Ever wonder how to make cocaine? Read our guide to learn everything you need to know about the procedures of how cocaine is made.

A Christmas Sweater with Santa and Cocaine
This week, Walmart came under fire for a “Let it Snow” Christmas sweater depicting Santa with lines of cocaine. Columbia is not merry about it.

Ultimate Cocaine Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
This guide covers what you need to know about Cocaine, including common effects and uses, legality, safety precautions and top trends today.

NEWS: An FDA-Approved Cocaine Nasal Spray
The FDA approved a cocaine nasal spray called Numbrino, which has raised suspicions that the pharmaceutical company, Lannett Company Inc., paid off the FDA..

The Ultimate Guide to Cannabis Bioavailability
What is bioavailability and how can it affect the overall efficacy of a psychedelic substance? Read to learn more.

Cannabis Research Explains Sociability Behaviors
New research by Dr. Giovanni Marsicano shows social behavioral changes occur as a result of less energy available to the neurons. Read here to learn more.

The Cannabis Shaman
If recreational and medical use of marijuana is becoming accepted, can the spiritual use as well? Experiential journalist Rak Razam interviews Hamilton Souther, founder of the 420 Cannabis Shamanism movement…

Cannabis Guide: Effects, Common Uses, Safety
Our ultimate guide to Cannabis has everything you want to know about this popular substances that has psychedelic properties.

Cannabis and Ayahuasca: Mixing Entheogenic Plants
Cannabis and Ayahuasca: most people believe they shouldn’t be mixed. Read this personal experience peppered with thoughts from a procannabis Peruvian Shaman.

CBD-Rich Cannabis Versus Single-Molecule CBD
A ground-breaking study has documented the superior therapeutic properties of whole plant Cannabis extract as compared to synthetic cannabidiol (CBD), challenging the medical-industrial complex’s notion that “crude” botanical preparations are less effective than single-molecule compounds.

Cannabis Has Always Been a Medicine
Modern science has already confirmed the efficacy of cannabis for most uses described in the ancient medical texts, but prohibitionists still claim that medical cannabis is “just a ruse.”

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