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Sharing of the Healers / Re: Colorado Kambo Ceremonies
« on: December 24, 2012, 01:54:49 AM »
Thanks for creating this post KIAP!

Anything and everything helps to keep esoteric rainforest healing remedies alive.

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Sharing of the Healers / Colorado Kambo Ceremonies
« on: December 21, 2012, 04:27:13 PM »
I started a Kambo page on Facebook for the Colorado area:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rocky-Mountain-Kambo/560793813934071

There are pictures of my points and Kambo face during the 2'nd ceremony.

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Application / Straight to the neck!
« on: December 15, 2012, 08:41:53 PM »
Wow!

Yesterday was quite a ceremony, I applied Kambo to three people then myself. 5 points to the biggest guy in the group absolutely wrecked him, whereas 11 points on myself did very little as far as physical effects go. My personal application pattern went like this: 7 points in a cross configuration on my left pec, 3 points on my right ribcage, and 1 point on the left side of my neck. My experience was much different this time around because I felt such a unique heat sensation at the base of my spine and 2 chakra/genital region. I was almost convinced that I was in fact pissing my pants.

Kambo is getting less scary to work with no that I understand what to expect as far as administration is concerned. That familiar "I just took frog venom and the back of my throat is swelling up" feeling is perfectly normal, as is the intense face swelling. Kambo is wild, I love the experience. Thank you to the Kambo frog and to those who collect the venom!

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Kambo & Rapé / Nu-Nu Snuff / Singado internasal tea / Re: Singado
« on: December 04, 2012, 07:08:32 PM »
brenthebdog-
I have and have read The Cosmic Serpent. Please let me know how Tobacco and Shamanism in South America is. I've had a tab open for the amazon page of that book for a few weeks now in my browser. I had been thinking of purchasing it. Not much literature on tobacco uses as medicine. The reviews didn't look great, however.

We seem to have similar taste. Not the most popular books in the world.   ;)

KIAP-
haha yes!! I'm so glad to see your response to this. Good medicine!

Couldn't grain alcohol cause damage to sensitive sinus tissue tho?
Also, adding the right amount of salt, should taste about the saltiness of tears, will prevent cells in your sinuses from bursting & the pain associated with that.


12:27  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Xb5i3vpAY

Hey there Psilocybe,

So far Tobacco and Shamanism is pretty much what you'd expect from a anthropology book. It is more concerned with actually identifying the herb used in traditional ceremonies than native philosophy and use. Apparently, conquistadors and even modern anthropologists couldn't believe that mere tobacco could produce such profound sedation or hallucinations. But Nicotiana Tobbaccum is as different from Nicotiana Rustica as Tabernaemontana is from Tabernanthe Iboga. This is why losing a jungle medicine man is the equivalent of losing thousands of years of priceless information and rituals. While we're desperately trying out to identify a plant they already have a comprehensive knowledge base and comfortability of usage!

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Kambo & Rapé / Nu-Nu Snuff / Singado internasal tea / Re: Singado
« on: December 01, 2012, 09:52:39 PM »
Thanks for the reply Psilocybe, quality mapacho information is hard to come by!
I forgot all about this post and have taken NuNu already, probably a few days after I posted.

Of all the things I've taken NuNu/Nicotiana rustica is in a league all its' own, snorting it is quite painful and disorienting. Personally I haven't had much experience so far with NuNu and pure Mapacho; but it is powerful, almost immediately, and it lasts for quite a while. I haven't consumed anywhere near the hallucinogenic dosage or even threshold dosages, but could tell that there is an intent and power behind Mapacho that beckons someone in that direction. I've been reading these books to familiarize myself with any useful ritual methods that I could find:

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America (Psychoactive Plants of the World Series) by:
Johannes Wilbert

The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by: Jeremy Narby
 
Apparently, Indians administer singando through the nose in a snail shell, which is attached to that long horn that is occasionally seen in photos. This book has been a great place to start, but I would feel better receiving the information firsthand from a tabaquero than an anthropologist.

Also, I'm curious if you've taken any Mapacho tea at a toxic threshold dosage Psilocybe?

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General Discussion / Re: What do you tell people about your Kambo points?
« on: November 14, 2012, 09:21:36 PM »
Great to see the positive responses!

It's been quite a surprise to find out that there is a growing number of people becoming conscious about Kambo and other healing techniques. People are drawn to the mysterious and arcane, everyone who learns spreads the knowledge. It's like a cosmic game of hacky-sack; keeping this knowledge alive for another generation, beckoned to the calling from a different culture thousands of miles away.

There was the first shaman who ever learned about the infinite, and the techniques required to communicate with spirit. Without the luxury of a mentor to guide, the immense power of the unknowable bearing down on his psyche. This is the same task that we modern white healers and facilitators are faced with. Born to a culture of bankrupt spiritual practices and complete disregard for nature. A proud few with the insight and wisdom to return to the earliest form of spirituality and direct form of communication with infinity. We tread ancient ground in a new way, quite literally, these points mark a return.

Can't wait to see them on more people, and start having some substantial conversations.
 

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General Discussion / Re: What do you tell people about your Kambo points?
« on: November 12, 2012, 12:09:54 AM »
Now I'm 2 weeks away from my first Kambo experience with Giovanni as my guide and initiator. I feel blessed to have this opportunity. This has been an amazing year of discovery.

The anticipation will continue to build during these next two weeks until you get to the moment of the application process. I'm conducting a ceremony this upcoming wednesday, the first day of the new moon cycle and I'm already feeling the adrenaline rush. There is a unique sense of power as you pluck the skin off of your burn points and prepare that yellowish venom for application.

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General Discussion / What do you tell people about your Kambo points?
« on: November 06, 2012, 11:43:31 PM »
I've been getting the question more often these days and I became curious about how my fellow Kambo practitioners address the question. It generally comes up in the form of "what are those things on your arm, are they burns?" To which I reply "they are Kambo points." From there I describe the medicine and the process of administration. To say that Kambo and the desire to administer the medicine is not understood would be a massive understatement. But inherent to this lack of understanding is an undeniable power of conviction that comes from being a Kambo initiate and knowing that it is not a dangerous poison used by some backward jungle savages. Kambo is good medicine, it is fire medicine, it is hunter medicine.

The coolest feeling that Kambo has imparted in me is that I can count myself as one of the few who share the lineage of knowledge. This however, this does not mean that I claim to be a great shaman or medicine man with the keys to the universe. I just feel that Spirit has called for me to participate in the use of Kambo and certain visionary plant teachers so that I may know a very esoteric truth about the nature of reality. As a tourist in the plant world I was allowed to traipse through ignorantly taking anything I could get my hands on. But that way of thinking has abruptly come to an end; plants are every bit as sentient as humans are, they just perceive reality in an entirely different capacity. Kambo is not just a frog, I have yet to understand what Kambo truly is because of my in-experience. But I know for sure that Kambo is not a toy or some simple inebriant to approach without due respect and consideration.

I feel proud to have "points" and refuse to hide them or change the topic, they are marks of honor and courage.

How do you feel about your Kambo points?

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I've been curious about Nu-Nu after seeing it in the product list of a website that many of us are familiar with. At this point I know that taking the "curiosity killed the cat" approach to jungle medicine would be wise in light of my recent experience with Iboga. However, I believe that Nu-Nu is more akin to Kambo (secondhand sources) and desire to incorporate sacred tobacco into my ceremony process.

Being that Mapacho and Nu-Nu are integral to Amazonian medicine and complementary to Ayahuasca, San Pedro, and Kambo. I think it would be great to have some firsthand accounts of the more esoteric healing tools. Being that I don't have any personal experience, I feel reticent to make any comments. Has anyone used either Nu-Nu or Mapacho in conjunction with Kambo or as a stand-alone modality with success?

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The Process / Re: So this is Kambo
« on: November 02, 2012, 05:06:02 PM »
Try making bigger burns. The strongest experience I have had so far was 2 dots. Today I did 15 dots in one round and the experience wasn't as intense as the one I got with 2 huge dots (which was my first experience). It was followed by a second round of about 15 dots though and that wiped me out. Keep doing kambo and I guarantee the time will come when it rips you apart. Its often when you're least expecting it that it blasts you.

I've been thinking about making larger burns during my next ceremony; but, I'm starting to understand that it's not necessarily about the size or the number of points. There is definitely a cumulative effect to this medicine and the last time I was hit much harder with fewer points. And, as a funny side note; I didn't feel like I had just fatally poisoned myself, I knew it would be exhausting and painful but not deadly. Kambo is knowledge, and just like G.I. Joe says, "knowing is half the battle!"

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The Glow (After Effects and Affects) / Re: Serenity Now...
« on: October 24, 2012, 07:18:01 PM »
Beautifully written gratitude.  I hope you continue on in this mode of healing.

I'll continue as long as I can conduct a proper ceremony; smudging and meditating are absolutely crucial to a beneficial session. I wouldn't feel comfortable without the smell of palo santo and copal resin to guide myself into a calm state of mind, the experience would lack a sacred element. Also, sangre de grado for the burn points is a wise choice to speed up healing, topically and internally.

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The Glow (After Effects and Affects) / Serenity Now...
« on: October 24, 2012, 01:47:03 AM »
Bear with me for the next few sentences there is a point to the tangent. I love the Seinfeld episode where Kramer starts using Lloyd Braun's "serenity now" to deal with anxiety and anger. Eventually, he goes crazy and trashes all of George's computers because "serenity now" is a diversionary technique. Personally, I am an angry dude; even worse I am a muscular and MMA trained dude who has mild autism and severe ADHD. When my patience meter runs out, it is catastrophic. Lifting, running, and going to the library to study have been how I've maintained my sanity for the past six years.

Originally, I found out about Kambo through an Iboga forum; what attracted me to Kambo specifically was the concept of "Panema." According to the medicine men of the Katukina and Matses "panema" is bad luck, saturation of bad energy, inability to hunt and find a woman. Westerners and mestizos have equated "panema" with depression, but I believe Amazonian Indians would thoroughly disagree. In the jungle they don't have the luxury of moping around feeling sorry for themselves and making excuses for why they aren't seizing the opportunities that life is giving them.

After my two Kambo ceremonies I have felt a subtle and surprising shift in my psychology and life. Opportunities are re-appearing, people are re-appearing, I feel friendlier and more inclined to be social than I have in the past two years since the first major romantic relationship and breakup I have ever experienced in this life. The more personal the pain the more universal the experience applies to everyone's first major breakup. I had a complete nervous breakdown and fell into the worst symptoms of autism. Picking up the pieces after that was impossible; what I've had to do is rebuild myself completely. This has been the most tremendous undertaking of my life because it has forced a complete and unwavering honesty to honoring the genuine core of my soul. Kambo is proving to be useful and unique teacher in this task, no more no less.

Kambo is not some jungle Wellbutrin, or Xanax; it is frog venom that you administer by burning your skin. This is how Kambo Kampu showed the jungle medicine men to administer his venom, this is how I administer the venom. Pain is part of the process, it is my offering to the frog spirit to learn from and receive his blessing. The glow that I experience is knowing that I am powerful enough to use this esoteric and extremely rare frog venom. As the number of points on my shoulder increases, so does my confidence in myself and Kambo.

For those of us with visible points, there is the inevitable question:
"What are those things on your shoulder, are they burns?

But the subtext is, "are they self mutilation?"

NO!

They are Kambo points; at this point there are 23 of them on my shoulder and they hurt like hell and simultaneously felt incredible! They are a mark of pride for the Indians, they are a rite of passage for hunters. If I belonged to one of these tribes there would be no awkward conversation and explanation.

I have received Kambo, I am a hunter, simple as that.

This is the glow, defending yourself, defending your beliefs and convictions unwaveringly.

-B-
 

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The Process / Re: So this is Kambo
« on: October 24, 2012, 12:16:30 AM »

i must say the first time i smoked regular nn-DMT at some point in the experience over a period of 20-30 seconds i felt the electricity creep from the back of my skull to the front resetting everything in its path leaving a fresh start as if brand new to the world, it took a lot of bad habits being repeated before the reset was back to normal, if however you choose to take the hints and veer away from the bad habits the reset will stay and will become further "new" with more time. my brother also experienced this same "back to front creeping reset" as i did, we both took part in that plant teacher that day.

Yeah, bad habits do have a particularly insidious way of creeping up, especially after after a major reset. Luckily mine are behavioral and psychological, as a matter of aging and making better life decisions they are starting to go away. DMT sounds wild, everyone reports about interacting with a great serpent that is very stern.

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The Process / Re: So this is Kambo
« on: October 21, 2012, 12:10:49 AM »
Thanks for the accolades caiano! It sure will feel good to have a Kambo and smudging ceremony after the Eboka. I feel much less inclined to indulge in bad habits after the existential time-out Eboka put me in. When ten minutes feels like an eternity I received very unique opportunity to reflect on my actions and belief structure.

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