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Cristiano Colla's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Assuming you have work with Ayahuasca, what do you find to be the main difference between the two?

Cristiano

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Andrew M. Weisse's avatar

I wouldn’t compare Peyote to any DMT-type experience I have had. Far different. The different iterations of DMT seem to take us to this beautiful world of shapes & patterns, entities, all while feeling bathed in some sort of cosmic love.

Peyote didn’t ‘take’ me anywhere, instead, it revealed all of the subtle nuances and spirits that exist in this world.

Hope that makes sense!

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Cristiano Colla's avatar

It does, thanks.

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Alice Hesselrode's avatar

Great article. I just started getting your blog in my inbox. I live in Mexico and I wonder where is a good place to participate in Peyote ceremony. I have come to believe that the use of plant medicines do not cause us to hallucinate but open us up to dimensions that are around us all the time but we are not in a state of mind to experience them. Thank you.

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Andrew M. Weisse's avatar

Thank you! That certainly seems to be the case with Peyote.

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Danilo Rottigni's avatar

"In that awakening, we become who we were meant to be." As easy as that!

Keep doing your research on Sacred Medicine, You are on the right path (called Life)

Thanks for sharing.

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Andrew M. Weisse's avatar

Thank you, my friend!

It is a beautiful path & I am grateful to be on it.

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Danilo Rottigni's avatar

Glad you embraced it!

So much yet to discover.

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Tara Henry's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experience! I love the idea of the temazcal to help purge and remove physical and spiritual toxins. I had read sweat lodges were often used before peyote ceremonies to help set the stage before the experience so you have a clear mind, but it’s interesting to see its used after as well. Also the art on the dome looks sick! Keep sharing - it makes a difference :)

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Andrew M. Weisse's avatar

Thanks so much for the kind words! The temazcal was such a powerful part of the journey — it is both a deep physical cleanse as well as a spiritual reset. You're right, sweat lodges are often used before Peyote ceremonies to help clear the mind & set intentions, but doing it afterward felt like a way to integrate & release anything that no longer served me. And yes, the art on the dome was next-level — it added such a sacred vibe to the whole experience. Appreciate you sharing this, means a lot!

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salience's avatar

Excellent write-up!

When a few of us were doing "things" down Mexico way in the late 60s, we all got amoebic dysentery - repeatedly, terrible stomach pains and other symptoms. Once a month or so we needed to take some brown pills, I forget what they were - but the cure was within an hour or two! No one we knew could avoid it. So maybe your stomach pains... https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Amoebiasis

As Caitlin said, psychedelics are not important for the hallucinations they give, but for the hallucinations they take away...

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Andrew M. Weisse's avatar

Thanks so much for the kind words & for sharing your story! That sounds intense—amoebic dysentery is no joke. I can only imagine how challenging it must have been to navigate that while exploring Psychedelics in Mexico back in the day. It makes me wonder how much of what we experience physically during journeys—especially in foreign environments—can be influenced by external factors like that.

And I love that Caitlin quote. It really hits home. Psychedelics often feel less about adding layers & more about peeling them away—removing the false narratives & distortions we’ve picked up over time. Thanks again for taking the time to share!

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