by Shaman Chad
Bruh, rest here weary traveler. Here’s a cold one, have a seat, take your pants off. Have a chat with your local neighborhood shaman bro.
Let’s clear the air. These days psychedelics are trending. Legalized cannabis use is spreading fast and a host of places are decriminalizing mushrooms. This is good news in general.
But you want to be spiritual about it, you say? Do a legit Ayahuasca retreat in Colombia, Peru, or even Hawaii?
Well I’ve got some news for you aspiring gurus. A proverbial spray of Agua Florida in the face. –You ain’t gonna find enlightenment on your vegan dieta, tripping with borderline personality disordered trust fund babies in Iquitos. I know, I know, you spent thousands of dollars on your self-care healing retreat with the full wi-fi package. And flower baths performed by some white Californian shamaness-in-training with dreadlocks. Maybe you even bought one of her abstract paintings of a vagina to help you connect with Mother Gaia… Dude, take a step back and look at it. It’s just another bullshit market trying to sell your soul back to you.
You see, as famed manosphere author Jack Donovan once told me in a very brief chat, “Affluent white people want their drug dealers to have yoga instructor titles.”
Don’t get sucked into the hype. Stay away from the mob. If you’re interested cause it’s trendy, fuck off with it.
Do you really think you’re going to convert to the religious beliefs of the Shipibo? You gonna go full native? You gonna move to the res and marry the Peyote man’s niece? Learn Navajo or Lakota? Or are you just a spiritual tourist?
Here’s the thing, ain’t nothing wrong with being a spiritual tourist. Just own that shit and don’t delude yourself. You’re probably gonna have a better experience following Terence McKenna’s advice of ‘5 dried grams in silent darkness.’
People get caught up in the new shiny. They subconsciously think that Ayahuasca is ‘better’ because of its foreign mystique. Realistically you can have just as powerful a journey booming in your bedroom.
I know, I know, Ayahuasca is still part of a living tradition of shamanism, you say. But honestly, does that mean shit to you? Like I said, it’s not like you’re gonna convert to their religion. Do you know how stupid you look to those natives, going all the way over there to take Juan’s Grandpa’s cough medicine and ‘find yourself’? So be honest with yourself, you’re going for the experience to see what you can learn. If the enlightenment is real, it’s not something you’re going to share on social media.
So echoing Terence McKenna, “Take it easy, but take it!”
We’re all just pilgrims on the road.
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