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Cielo
Banisteriopsis caapi-considered to be the highest quality caapi attainable.
Ayahuasca, yagè,"cielo" = "heaven" or yellow
ayahuasca; hoasca
(Malphigaceae) Ayahuasca is a term from Quechua, a South American Indian
language and translating from huasca meaning "vine" or "liana"
and aya meaning "souls" or "dead people" or "spirits"
the name reads as "vine of the souls", "vine of the dead"
or "vine of the spirits". Ayahuasca
traditionally is one of the most culturally prevalent entheogens in the
world said to "enter into almost all aspects of the life of the people
who use it" being compared to an umbilical cord that links humans
to their mythical past.
Some paye's maintain that with caapi they can cause eclipses of the moon,
tornadoes or control the weather.
Chemical analysis has shown the Caapi to contain a complex of monoamine
oxidase inhibiting ß-carboline alkaloids, principally harmine plus
harmaline, tetrahydroharmine, harmol, harmic acid, methylester harmic
amide, acetyl norharmine, harmine N-oxide, harmalinic acid and ketotetra-hydronorharmine.
The Guahiko Indians of the upper Orinoco basin of Colombia & Venexuela
have been observed to chew the dried stems of the ayahuasca vine and there
is scant evidence of the use of Banisteriopsis snuffs and enemas. The
Witoto Indians have also been seen at times to smoke the dried leaves
and bark.
The Ayahuasca plant and brew have such a vast and rich native mythology
in South America that there can be little doubt that it's use stretches
back a millennia and is surely one of the most important esoterical botanicals
anywhere.
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