Source: www.wakingtimes.com | Original Post Date: July 19, 2014 –
A look at the psychoactive brew that brings users a spiritual payoff for their “work”.
Just before dusk, 18 strangers entered a yurt on a Midwestern homestead. Peruvian tapestries decorated the walls of the large, round structure, and rattles stood poised for ceremony.
The participants — professional men and women ages 35 to 65 — put on comfortable clothing and set up sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets. Everyone got a plastic bucket, cheerfully colored in green, red, or blue. “It looks like a big pajama party,” joked the host, Kim. The shaman, a North American who had trained in South America for more than a dozen years, took a seat at the front and led the group through a conversation about what to expect.
