Indigenous and tradition-based cultures have developed intricate ceremonial frameworks for their interactions with these plants, rooted ...

I recently received an email from a friend who used to frequent plant spirit ceremonies. The person made a comment that the "effect of the medicine" has begun wearing off sooner and sooner with each event. This email prompted me to write this article that I've been meaning to write for a long while, to help people use entheogens and psychedelic medicines as a therapy tool for continuous, non stop personal growth and transformation. When I used to operate my Ayahuasca retreat

I want to start by saying that this post is written in the context of plant spirit shamanic ceremonies, since it's the most familiar community to me. But the practice of spiritual bypass is definitely not limited by any one healing modality. Here, I want to briefly describe the signs of spiritual bypass and then go on giving a practical solution to its prevention. The term spiritual bypass is not new in spiritual circles. Spiritual bypassing describes a tendency to use spiri