CatholicPsychonaut
"Nature loves courage"
Greetings all,
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for information on the Santo Daime Church. My path has been a winding one, beginning in High School when i left my traditional, rural, Garrison Kellior-style liberal upbringing to look for a more direct experience of God. I began with exploration of Neo-Paganism, and had my first personal encounter with the Divine during a solitary full moon ritual where I literally felt like the earth made love to me. Later, in the late 1990's-early 'auts, I discovered Terence McKenna and began my descent into the void and my introduction into hyperspace. Throughout my college years, I grew Psylcibin mushrooms and experimented with ever-increasing doese, culminating in an experience my senior year where I ate 8 grams, then smoked a very large joint at the peak of the experience and finally found the entities that Terence had been speaking about in all those talks. It swarmed around me, speaking in a language I could hear audibly and understand telepathically. I demanded it speak to me in human words, and it insisted that this was more fun, and compelled me to sing along with it. I sang and sang.
In later years, I was introduced to Yoga and meditation and left hyperspace behind. I was initiated in to deep states of mediation and contemplation and joined a cooperative community dedicated to spiritual growth. Certain experiences in that community left my trust injured and my faith in the teachings harmed. I went on pilgrimage to Italy and rediscovered Christianity through mystical Catholicism. I have now been a practicing Roman Catholic for 5 years, but once again find myself longing for Hyperspace. In college, DMT was the holy grail that we were never able to find, but the teks here and other places I've seen seem to promise that it is right at hand, if only I am brave enough to perform these sacred alchemies again. I believe I am.
I feel very interested in Santo Daime church, and its integration of the use of Ayahuasca with Christian forms and would like to connect with members of this group in the USA, hopefully culminating in an opportunity to experience their sacred rites. Anyone with a connection to this movement in the Midwestern USA, please contact me with more info!
In Search of Christ and Truth,
CatholicPsychonaut
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for information on the Santo Daime Church. My path has been a winding one, beginning in High School when i left my traditional, rural, Garrison Kellior-style liberal upbringing to look for a more direct experience of God. I began with exploration of Neo-Paganism, and had my first personal encounter with the Divine during a solitary full moon ritual where I literally felt like the earth made love to me. Later, in the late 1990's-early 'auts, I discovered Terence McKenna and began my descent into the void and my introduction into hyperspace. Throughout my college years, I grew Psylcibin mushrooms and experimented with ever-increasing doese, culminating in an experience my senior year where I ate 8 grams, then smoked a very large joint at the peak of the experience and finally found the entities that Terence had been speaking about in all those talks. It swarmed around me, speaking in a language I could hear audibly and understand telepathically. I demanded it speak to me in human words, and it insisted that this was more fun, and compelled me to sing along with it. I sang and sang.
In later years, I was introduced to Yoga and meditation and left hyperspace behind. I was initiated in to deep states of mediation and contemplation and joined a cooperative community dedicated to spiritual growth. Certain experiences in that community left my trust injured and my faith in the teachings harmed. I went on pilgrimage to Italy and rediscovered Christianity through mystical Catholicism. I have now been a practicing Roman Catholic for 5 years, but once again find myself longing for Hyperspace. In college, DMT was the holy grail that we were never able to find, but the teks here and other places I've seen seem to promise that it is right at hand, if only I am brave enough to perform these sacred alchemies again. I believe I am.
I feel very interested in Santo Daime church, and its integration of the use of Ayahuasca with Christian forms and would like to connect with members of this group in the USA, hopefully culminating in an opportunity to experience their sacred rites. Anyone with a connection to this movement in the Midwestern USA, please contact me with more info!
In Search of Christ and Truth,
CatholicPsychonaut
