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The symbolism of the serpent - November 2018

Lecture by Jean-François Froger delivered in Takiwasi at the beginning of November 2018 on the topic "Symbolism of the Serpent". Jean-François Froger has been exploring biblical anthropology for some forty years and has written a dozen books developing a rational anthropology consistent with biblical revelation, including an in-depth study of the world of archetypes. These studies, developed together with the physicist Robert Lutz, have contributed to the emergence of a new theory of physics based on the quaternary logic.

Author : Martin Huamán

Audio : French

Subtitle : Español

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Takiwasi: morphology of hope - November 2018

Lecture by Jesús M. González Mariscal in the framework of the Fifth University Congress on Psychoactive Substances organized annually by Vïa Synapsis at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The objective of the congress is to create a space for discussion and critical reflection, which promotes the search for research alternatives in different disciplines and complementary to the biomedical sciences, as well as legal and security alternatives that improve the conditions of consumers in the face of the current legislation.

Author : Vía Synapsis

Audio : Spanish

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Retreat/Diet in Takiwasi - October 2018

The therapeutic practice of Traditional Amazonian Medicine known as Dieta (diet) is a very deep work. First because you have to confront yourself being alone, being in an isolated space. There is plenty of time for reflection and internalization and the testimonials that we collected, confirm that there are changes at a subtle level that become manifest in the medium and long term, while in the short term there is acceptance of some situations, for example, mourning not closed or decision making. For example, some people have doubts about becoming parents, and in the Dieta they clarify that they want to be parents, and not only that, but they can even see problems that have to do with their parents, with the origin. Or we see people who change their lives radically because they felt inauthentic or not satisfied with the way they were living in that moment and then later they share with us that they are now dedicated to their vocation. At the spiritual level there is a deep connection with nature, an indescribable experience, which often connects them with something divine. One reaches a depth that can hardly be achieved through an ordinary dialogue therapy.
More information: Retreat/Diet in Takiwasi

Author : Gary Saucedo

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English, Français, Italiano, Português

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Small companions - September 2018

A short video about the nature and microcosm of insects that accompany a person during a retreat/diet in the Amazon rainforest. This video was produced during a diet with Amazonian medicinal plants in the botanical reserve of the Takiwasi Center, in the Peruvian High Amazon.

Author : Eduard Casas

Audio : Spanish

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The personal history of a patient - July 2018

The personal experience of a patient at the final stage of the Ayahuasca-assisted treatment for addiction carried out at the Takiwasi Center. The addiction treatment protocol proposed here is adapted to people proceeding from different contexts and cultures. Many of the people who arrive at the Takiwasi Center have unsuccessfully tried several conventional treatments with pharmaceuticals before deciding to turn to plants. In this patient’s opinion conventional treatments are ineffective in addressing the issues that are at the root of the addiction problem.

Author : Gary Saucedo

Audio : English

Subtitle : Español, Français, Italiano, Português

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Challenges of discernment between the psychic shadow and the spiritual shadow - June 2018

Psychotherapy, especially since the influence of C.G. Jung, has introduced the notion of psychic shadow and invites to its transformation and integration into consciousness. Shamanism reveals to us the autonomous and exogenous spiritual shadow of non-humans that cannot be transformed and integrated into our consciousness. How to discern between the different shadows that affect our mental and spiritual health? Lecture by Dr. Jacques Mabit given as part of the cycle of conferences IDÉE PSY 2018 "From shamanism to psychotherapy: to the roots of care".

Author : François Delonnay

Audio : French

Subtitle : Español

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The "cruzadera": negative interference according to the concept of traditional medicine - June 2018

Presentation of Fabienne Bâcle, member of the therapeutic team of the Takiwasi Center, in the Beyond Psychedelics congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 21-24 June, 2018.
The management of therapeutic use of the plants in traditional Amazonian medicine requires strict rules and precautions. The respect of these rules during and after the ritual, (be purges, diets, and ayahuasca), conditions the result of the process. These rules are of food and sexual order. Their transgression leads to disturbances/perturbations at the physical, psychological, energetic / spiritual level, from the lightest to the most severe. In the Amazonian healer tradition, these perturbations are called: “cruzaderas”. We will analyze this topic, starting by pointing out the ritual’s importance and the reasons behind the rules, using clinical examples.

Author : Beyond Psychedelics

Audio : English

Subtitle : Español

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The testimony of a patient undergoing treatment at the Takiwasi Center - Diogerlin - May 2018

The personal experience of a patient at the final stage of the Ayahuasca-assisted treatment for addiction carried out at the Takiwasi Center.

Author : Miguel Palomino

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English, Français, Italiano, Português

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The testimony of a patient undergoing treatment at the Takiwasi Center – Fernando - May 2018

Many of the patients who come to Takiwasi have unsuccessfully undergone various conventional drug addiction treatments before deciding to set out on the path of plants. Fernando's testimony is a clear example of how they feel that conventional treatments are ineffective in addressing the issues that are at the root of the addiction problem. The real medicine is what works and the experience of Takiwasi shows that Ayahuasca is effective in treating addictions and other mental health disorders.

Author : Miguel Palomino

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English, Français, Italiano

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Testimony of a former patient at the Takiwasi Center - Nicolas - May 2018

The addiction treatment proposed by the Takiwasi Center is adapted to people proceeding from different contexts and cultures.

Author : Miguel Palomino

Audio : Spanish

Subtitle : English, Français, Italiano

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