Ayahuasca

Javier Regueiro is a certified massage therapist, rebirther, and Avatar Master. He moved to Peru in 2004 to study Amazon plant medicine and shamanism and has apprenticed in the Iquitos and Pucallpa areas. Javier Regueiro lives in Pisac, Peru, where he created the Ayaruna Center and conducts healing work with traditional Peruvian plant medicines.

Part I 1 Preface 2 Introduction 3 What is Ayahuasca: chemistry and native wisdom 4 Two Ayahuasca legends 5 Past and present uses: role of Ayahuasca in the Amazon basin yesterday and today; Ayahuasca in the world today 6 Healing and Ayahuasca today 7 How Ayahuasca works: chemistry and soul therapy Shadow and light Altered states of consciousness Letting go Cleansing the doors of perception Part II 8 Preparations for a ceremony When and where Dietary recommendations Sex Psychological and mental preparations Intentions and expectations Intentions pt. 2 Intentions and expectations: the dance between Surrender and active participation in the process of drinking Ayahuasca From the bottom up Last but not least Personal and interpersonal dynamics during ceremonies 9 The ceremony Physical and emotional release Drinking Ayahuasca Icaros Tobacco Agua de Florida and perfumes Encantos 10 The personal experience The psychic space of ceremonial space Spirit guides 11 The visions 12 Healing with Ayahuasca and integration 13 Spiritual and physical healing 14 Healing, holiness and enlightenment Part III 15 Shamanic diets 16 Sorcery and black magic: the dark side of shamanism 17 Ayahuasca and the Feminine 18 Peru 19 Ayahuasca and the future 20 Epilogue Bibliography Recommended reading