FAR OUT #88 ~ Exploring Ayahuasca: Shaman Zach Poitra on the Path of Pura Medicina (Episode 6)

Written By Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Episode Description

What's it take to be a shaman?

Zach Poitra comes back on the show to take us deeper into the medicine. You can think of this conversation as ayahuasca 200 :)

Zach shares with us the fundamental role that icaros and shamanic dietas play in becoming an ayahuascero. We also dive into the importance of ancestors and lineage when working with such a powerful plant (or any spiritual practice).

From there conversation veers off into all sorts of interesting places, including the teacher/student relationship, witchcraft, cultural appropriation and the challenges Zach sees for westerners who start down this path.

Listen and explore:

  • The healing technology of icaros

  • Developing a relationship with plants through shamanic dieta

  • The important role lineage plays in Zach’s training as a maestro ayahuascero

  • The path of Pura Medicina and the slippery slope that leads to witchcraft

  • The differences between lsd and ayahuasca

  • Zach’s training program: what it takes to work with ayahuasca

  • The potential importance of ayahuasca in the West at this moment in history

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Credits:

  • Intro music: “Complicate ya” by Otis McDonald

  • Outro music: “Running with wise fools” written & performed by Krackatoa (www.krackatoa.com)

Julie-Roxane Krikorian
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