Sarah Haider

So it's interesting because they talk about set and setting so much, and I try to prepare myself as much as possible for this experience. And the setting is very interesting with ayahuasca because it is approached very much with this kind of spiritual, shamanistic approach. really religious. It's a kind of a religious context. You have somebody there who is kind of like a shaman.

So it's interesting because they talk about set and setting so much, and I try to prepare myself as much as possible for this experience. And the setting is very interesting with ayahuasca because it is approached very much with this kind of spiritual, shamanistic approach. really religious. It's a kind of a religious context. You have somebody there who is kind of like a shaman.

I don't know if there's like a more official word for it, but... I think sometimes they're called ayahuasqueros. That's not what the lady called herself. She called herself something else. I forget. What did she call herself? I forget exactly what she called herself, but I mean, I just knew her name. I called her by her name.

I don't know if there's like a more official word for it, but... I think sometimes they're called ayahuasqueros. That's not what the lady called herself. She called herself something else. I forget. What did she call herself? I forget exactly what she called herself, but I mean, I just knew her name. I called her by her name.

I don't know if there's like a more official word for it, but... I think sometimes they're called ayahuasqueros. That's not what the lady called herself. She called herself something else. I forget. What did she call herself? I forget exactly what she called herself, but I mean, I just knew her name. I called her by her name.

She was somebody who was educated on the medicine, which is what you call it. You call it the medicine, not a drug. She was educated on it. She's grown up with it. There are tribes in various parts of South America that really, I mean, it's part of their routine ayahuasca ceremonies. And they start participating in these ceremonies since they're kids, which is really interesting.

She was somebody who was educated on the medicine, which is what you call it. You call it the medicine, not a drug. She was educated on it. She's grown up with it. There are tribes in various parts of South America that really, I mean, it's part of their routine ayahuasca ceremonies. And they start participating in these ceremonies since they're kids, which is really interesting.

She was somebody who was educated on the medicine, which is what you call it. You call it the medicine, not a drug. She was educated on it. She's grown up with it. There are tribes in various parts of South America that really, I mean, it's part of their routine ayahuasca ceremonies. And they start participating in these ceremonies since they're kids, which is really interesting.

It's interesting that they seem normal as They don't have a lot of anxiety. They just seem like normal, happy people, I guess. And yeah, so she was conducting the ceremony. She was also taking it with us, which I did not realize she would be doing. But she takes the plant. She offers you one cup and then you can take more as the night progresses.

It's interesting that they seem normal as They don't have a lot of anxiety. They just seem like normal, happy people, I guess. And yeah, so she was conducting the ceremony. She was also taking it with us, which I did not realize she would be doing. But she takes the plant. She offers you one cup and then you can take more as the night progresses.

It's interesting that they seem normal as They don't have a lot of anxiety. They just seem like normal, happy people, I guess. And yeah, so she was conducting the ceremony. She was also taking it with us, which I did not realize she would be doing. But she takes the plant. She offers you one cup and then you can take more as the night progresses.

She gave us two more opportunities to take more ayahuasca if we felt as if we weren't where we wanted to be that evening. Yeah. And there's this chanting going on in the background. It's incredibly dark. There are no lights on, just like a candle or two.

She gave us two more opportunities to take more ayahuasca if we felt as if we weren't where we wanted to be that evening. Yeah. And there's this chanting going on in the background. It's incredibly dark. There are no lights on, just like a candle or two.

She gave us two more opportunities to take more ayahuasca if we felt as if we weren't where we wanted to be that evening. Yeah. And there's this chanting going on in the background. It's incredibly dark. There are no lights on, just like a candle or two.

So this environment was, if you can imagine being on any kind of psychedelic and being in that kind of environment, it could be maybe a little bit disturbing. In this case, it was like the most powerful, one of the most powerful psychedelics around.

So this environment was, if you can imagine being on any kind of psychedelic and being in that kind of environment, it could be maybe a little bit disturbing. In this case, it was like the most powerful, one of the most powerful psychedelics around.

So this environment was, if you can imagine being on any kind of psychedelic and being in that kind of environment, it could be maybe a little bit disturbing. In this case, it was like the most powerful, one of the most powerful psychedelics around.

Very anxious, yeah.

Very anxious, yeah.

Very anxious, yeah.