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Shamanism, an Ancestral Wisdom

Shamanism

Plant and mushroom shamanism is an ancient spiritual tradition found in many cultures around the world—most notably in the Amazon, Siberia, Mexico, and Africa. At the heart of this practice lies a worldview in which plants, trees, and mushrooms are seen as living beings, endowed with consciousness, power, and wisdom. They are not simply natural resources, but true teachers, spiritual allies, or “spirits of nature.”

The shaman, or healer, works with these so-called teacher or master plants to enter altered states of consciousness. These states are often reached through the ingestion of psychoactive plants such as ayahuasca (an Amazonian vine), peyote (a sacred cactus of Indigenous peoples of the Americas), or certain mushrooms containing psilocybin. Far from recreational use, these experiences are sacred, guided with deep respect, and often carried out within ritual ceremonies.

These substances open the doors of perception, allowing the shaman to access other dimensions, communicate with spirits, diagnose illness, or receive visions for healing and spiritual guidance. The relationship between human and plant becomes a co-creation—an exchange rooted in listening, intuitive knowledge, and harmony with nature.

Plant shamanism also relies on strict discipline: the dietas. These involve living in isolation, following a very simple diet, while connecting energetically with a specific plant to receive its subtle teachings. Such retreats are moments of purification, transformation, and profound connection.

Today, this ancient knowledge is seeing renewed interest in the Western world, as people search for meaning and healing. Still, it is essential to approach these practices with humility, ethics, and respect for the Indigenous cultures that have carried them for millennia.

🌿 Shamanism, Sacred Plants & Medicine Mushrooms 🍄
A Path of Healing and Consciousness

There was a time in my life when my body was in deep imbalance. Physical suffering had brought me to the edge of my limits, where conventional medicine no longer seemed to offer lasting solutions. It was in that passage that shamanism came to me, or perhaps it was I who found my way back to it.

Sacred plants and medicine mushrooms became powerful allies on this healing journey. Not as miracle cures, but as living beings carrying ancient intelligence, subtle consciousness, able to speak to the soul, to purify, reveal, and bring harmony.

It was not just a healing process, it was a profound encounter. A reconnection with the Earth, with the spirits of nature, with ancestral traditions that still know how to listen to what wounded bodies and hearts are trying to say. These medicines helped me recover vitality, but also opened me to a new way of perceiving life, interconnection, and the sacred.

Alongside my own healing, I chose to study these medicines. I learned, listened, observed. I trained with humility alongside those who still carry this wisdom. I deepened my relationship with these plant-beings, these mushroom-spirits, as teachers, healers, and guides.

Today, this relationship continues to grow. It has become part of my inner life, my spiritual path, and my commitment to a medicine of life, gentle, holistic, and profoundly respectful of the Earth.