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‘Mother of all Medicines’, ayahuasca is taken by many different kinds of people in many different kinds of circumstances.  It is important to be aware of what is involved so that it is taken it in a way that is safe and in circumstances that are right for the person. There are certain foods which it is important to avoid when taking it - there is plenty of information about this on the internet.  Small supplemental doses are taken by many people to enhance their lives every day. Many people find that very small regular doses enhance their creativity, effectivenes, intuition, lucidity, general awareness and enthusiasm for life.  The active constituent is dmt, found in all living things and operating in the brain as a neurotransmitter, taking people to a higher level of functioning and experience.  It is argued by that due to shrinkage and hardening of the pineal gland we are chronically dmt deficient.

The role of DMT may be its ability to adjust the spacing of the atoms of monatomic elements such as rhodium and irridium in the right hemisphere of the brain.

In the UK and many other countries it is perfectly legal to use ayahuasca, buy it and sell it even though this may not be the case with refined dmt.

Dmt exists in almost all living things, but is particularly concentrated in certain South American plants.  To reach the brain when taken orally these plants need to be combined with other plants which contain enzyme inhibitors called MAO inhibitors which stop the digestive enzymes breaking down the DMT.  DMT acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain.  It is believed by some to be crucial for ‘proper’ brain function.  It is as if we are DMT deficient due to the shrinkage and hardening of the modern adult pineal gland which , is is thought, used to pump DMT out routinely.   The pineal gland, deep within the brain, is the only unpaired organ in the body.  Significant amounts of DMT are released in the brain at the time of birth, death, near-death experiences and other peak experiences, very likely this can happen during childbirth too and also, possibly, in an unborn baby 49 days after conception.  In large doses DMT produces visions and revelations.  A different sense of self may be experienced which can feel overpowering, even frightening or alien because the impressions are overwhelming to the rational mind.  Ayahuasca shifts people to a totally different way of perceiving, beyond description in words.  It activates receptors in the brain that have lain dormant for decades - parts of the brain that are usually unconscious - parts that can process at a level way beyond the limits of so-called normal consciousness.  If we are all really  part of an infinite oneness then accessing our unconscious mind gives a lot of scope for experience… it changes people’s lives.