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Hi all,
i have just finished reading this book and I found it simply amazing. Nicole Maxwell is one of those people that understood very well that life has a purpose, and she followed hers til the end.
But you can find that out when you read the book. What I found really amazing is that already in the 50s there was somebody out there in the Amazon, reporting to the West the existence and usage of these incredible plants. From contraceptives to anti cancer, you really have a way there to bring happiness and health and to build that world we dream of.... that's more than 50 years ago!!! And yet her voice has been largely ignored for all this time. I appreciate that it is NOT in the interest of the large pharmaceutical companies to put people's interest first, but I am positive that people like us WILL listen.
During my first visit to Peru I was lucky enough to visit the medicinal Belem market with a Peruvian woman who knew about the plants, and to bring home something like Unas de Gato - Cat's Claw - , Chancha Piedra, and Sangre de Grado.
My encounter with Ayahuasca has opened a totally new vision of the world of Plants, which I now see as our Teachers and possible helpers in the mess we are doing in this planet.
I know there are some non profit organisations trying to work on this - Botanical Dimensions, founded by Terence McKenna and Kat Harrison is one - but how could we create a global connection that could protect and diffuse the usage of the magical plants of the Amazon?
On a more grounded level, if there was a practical way to support organisations like Botanical Dimensions, I'd be happy to help. For example, I'd be more than willing to devote some time on a volounteering project for them. How to do it... any idea?
i have just finished reading this book and I found it simply amazing. Nicole Maxwell is one of those people that understood very well that life has a purpose, and she followed hers til the end.
But you can find that out when you read the book. What I found really amazing is that already in the 50s there was somebody out there in the Amazon, reporting to the West the existence and usage of these incredible plants. From contraceptives to anti cancer, you really have a way there to bring happiness and health and to build that world we dream of.... that's more than 50 years ago!!! And yet her voice has been largely ignored for all this time. I appreciate that it is NOT in the interest of the large pharmaceutical companies to put people's interest first, but I am positive that people like us WILL listen.
During my first visit to Peru I was lucky enough to visit the medicinal Belem market with a Peruvian woman who knew about the plants, and to bring home something like Unas de Gato - Cat's Claw - , Chancha Piedra, and Sangre de Grado.
My encounter with Ayahuasca has opened a totally new vision of the world of Plants, which I now see as our Teachers and possible helpers in the mess we are doing in this planet.
I know there are some non profit organisations trying to work on this - Botanical Dimensions, founded by Terence McKenna and Kat Harrison is one - but how could we create a global connection that could protect and diffuse the usage of the magical plants of the Amazon?
On a more grounded level, if there was a practical way to support organisations like Botanical Dimensions, I'd be happy to help. For example, I'd be more than willing to devote some time on a volounteering project for them. How to do it... any idea?
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