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An interview with Lesley Myburgh: an Andean Huachumera (San Pedro Healer)
The following interview was written, conducted and published here with the permission of, Ross Heaven. (See bottom of article for more details.) San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi), the sacred cactus and visionary teacher plant of the South Americas, is especially associated with the shamans and healers (curanderos) of the Peruvian Andes. It has other names among these healers … Continue reading
Is San Pedro a “Miracle Healer”?
The following article was written, and published here with the permission of, Ross Heaven. The Western world is increasingly familiar with ayahuasca, the visionary brew and “plant doctor” of Amazonian shamans, thanks to celebrities like Sting and Madonna who have drunkit and television programmes like Bruce Parry’s Tribe and Amazon,which showed the presenter drinking ayahuasca … Continue reading
An Alchemical Romance: Back to the Olde Days – Alchemy Festival review 2011
The following review of Alchemy Festival 2011 - held in Lincolnshire, England, on the 16 - 18 September, was written by Huni Bee. Photography by Aum. The car was heaving, like some sort of brim-full devouring beast, as we set off from our little box to the countryside. We had no kitchen sink, just an array of comfortable things … Continue reading
Amplifying the Intensity: Waveform Festival review 2011
Waveform is a three day electronic dance festival, laced with psychedelic vibes, which this year was held near Taunton, in Somerset, England. An environmentally-friendly and sustainable event, Waveform delivered yet another brilliant party at a consciousness-raising rate and the outstanding sensual adventure is the subject of this creative review. Photography by the legendary festival snapper … Continue reading
Harmonious Anarchy: Hamswell Festival 2011
Just as a tuning fork rises to a point before falling away, an om crescendo became increasingly decadent as the Hamswell festival reached the height of its intensity in the very early hours of Sunday morning. Yet the total sound of the fork, the rise and the fall, is a single vibration, the duration of … Continue reading
Fragments of a Wolf’s Soul: Sunrise Celebration 2011 review
Sunrise Celebration is a four day sustainable living, arts and music festival, which took place in Somerset between the 2 -5 of June, 2011. With a host of workshops, psychedelic talks and music, folk, world, funk, reggae and off-grid living, Sunrise remains one of the most magical weekends of the year. All photography by Mark … Continue reading
A Psychedelic Christianity
Ayahuasca religion is a strange concept to get your head around, even before you drink ayahausca. At my first session about ten years ago, I was very keen to try the brew, but the shirts and ties and general Christian vibe made me feel instantly uneasy. A question arose: What does Christianity have to do … Continue reading
Breaking Convention 2011: Notes from a Psychedelic Conference
The sprawling campus of the University of Kent, in Canterbury, became host to the UK’s first psychedelic consciousness conference on the second and third of April, 2011. The campus’ Wolfe building was a thronging hive, as all the psychedelic bees gathered to share their research, their experiences and their ideas in a sweet-honey-melting-pot. At the … Continue reading
Ayahuasca and the Vines of Politics
The following article has been written and contributed to PsypressUK by the Reverend Nemu, author of Nemu’s End: The History, Psychology, and Poetry of the Apocalypse and the Nemu’s End blog, with special thanks to the other Devilish Dan. We’d like to extend our thanks to the Reverend for his time and effort writing this article. After bubbling and brewing away for … Continue reading
Resonance Dreaming: Nitrous Oxide, Nos and Hippie Crack
At one point there gathered an intensity. Midday on Saturday and the music festival was pulsing in the throng of its three-day ecstasy. After a wonky Friday night, Cole and myself had taken shelter from the glaring, hot sun and were sitting in a no-shoes, hookah and chai café. Colourful drapes were hung across the … Continue reading
