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"I had a magical experience with the sensation of feeling a
hundred different hands on my body, imparting a blessing of love and
forgiveness for myself and gratitude for this life, from what seemed to be
my ancestors."
-- Aaron Rodgers, NFL Quarterback
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In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case
of "a religious sect with origins in the Amazon Rainforest that receives
communion by drinking a sacramental tea, brewed from plants unique to the
region, that contains a hallucinogen regulated under the Controlled
Substances Act." In a surprise decision, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled
that the religious use of the controlled substance, Ayahuasca, is protected
by the Constitution!
Ayahuasca is the "visionary vine" of the Amazon. It is also known as yage, caapi, and hoasca. In 1858, Manuel Villavicencio described its use by Amazonian tribes to "foresee" the future: "They feel a sensation of being lifted into the air and beginning an aerial journey; the possessed first see the most delicious apparitions, gorgeous lakes, forests covered with fruit, the prettiest birds who communicate to them the nicest and the most favorable things. When this passes they begin to see terrible horrors out to devour them, their flight ceases and they descend to earth to combat the terrors of the adversities and misfortunes awaiting them.” In the 1940's, Harvard ethnobotanist, Richard Evans Schultes, reported that Ayahuasca was still used for "prophetic and divinatory purposes." In 1953, author William Burroughs, like scores before him, trekked to the Amazon in search of this "telepathic" plant and wrote The Yage Letters. Today, Ayahuasca tourism is booming! Anyone can go on-line and book a shamanic, South American vision quest...even NFL quarterbacks. Welcome to the New World! For information on Ayahuasca, click the links below. |
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