Ayahuasca impressions

Ayahuasca is a mixture of two plants, used for the shamanic rituals in the western Amazon area. There are various religions using ayahuasca in their ceremonies, in particular in Brazil, where a large scale study has been conducted. They decided to legalize the 'tea' because they found that the drink has no toxic effects, doesn't lead to any kind of addiction, the level of natural anti-depressing neurotransmitters increases when the effects of the tea decrease, in contrary to any drug, and ayahuasca improves people's ability to integrate into society. It has nevertheless been forbidden in France, but the US supreme court allowed the use of ayahuasca on the US territory for religious purposes.

Indios gave me a DVD with a lot of graphic artworks. I picked up some of them, to try to share what an ayahuasca experience can be like.



This is a vision I often have when I close my eyes. The impression to move inside an organic web - me. Just imagine motion, and that's it.

There are a lot of phenomenons happening at the same time. They are too many and too complex. Impossible to get a precise vision of all the details. So I often have this feeling to see very meaningful images, without being able to perceive what it is exactly about.

Typical ayahuasca visions, showing that impression to see what lies in the deep mind.



The visions can become darker, but the best is to face all that comes up.



One can even feel surrounded by dreadful beings.



The entire head, but also the entire body, and actually the entire world appear like a gigantic web inside of which all existing beings are connected.



Inside the head and the web, again, differently.



Connecting to the world...



The kind of beings one can meet.



Another vision of what the world looks like.