RE: Ayahuasca : Cancer and Responsible Detoxification
I'm not sure I'd say that DMT is an ingredient as such, whilst it is possible to extract it in a pure form I would say when talking about 'ingredients' for ayahuasca that it is the 'active component' of the chacruna ingredient (or other DMT-containing leaf/bark such as Mimosa tenuiflora). Banisteriopsis caapi vine is the MAOI that inhibits the MO enzyme in the stomach thus allowing the DMT in the chacruna (or other mystic leaf/bark) to do it's work. I'm aware that various admixtures can be added in and swapped about. But I guess my question is, at what stage does it cease to be "ayahuasca"? If you have completely swapped out the Banisteriopsis caapi vine for something else, and let's say teh chacruna is swapped for something else as well, is it still ayahuasca? It's an interesting question considering the big question mark over sustainable harvesting of the vine.
As far as i know the effects are quite similar but yes it is quite a reasonable question if it is still ayahuasca.
Are you in the States? Do you participate in ceremonies there? Sorry, that feels very nosy, you don't need to answer if you don't want!
No, i live in Russia))) I used to participate in ceremonies but now it's very risky.
Crikey, I can imagine. Nice to meet you, I don't meet many people from Russia!
Nice to meet you too, Kate. You know, russian people has very warm feelings toward Ireland. For example the St.Patrick's day is widely celebrated here. May be it's because our nations have the same ancestor. As you may know blue eyes came to Ireland from the Pontic steppes of southern Russia as far as genetic studies tells us. Even now it won't be too hard to find similar looking russian and irish people. I think that we must know more about each other than we do today. Well, it's a long story)
I didn't have any idea about that blue eye connection. I also didn't realise that Russians celebrated St. Patricks day, although it seems like nearly every other country celebrates it more than we do :) It feels a bit like halloween (also originally an Irish celebration by the way!), a holiday that's been Americanised and then culturally exported along with McDonalds and Hollywood films.