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Judi Lynn

(162,385 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 09:35 PM Jun 2023

Indigenous searchers say they used ayahuasca to help find downed plane

By: AP Posted at 5:00 PM, Jun 16, 2023 and last updated 4:00 PM, Jun 16, 2023


The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green. They sensed that their ancestral land — Selva Madre, or Mother Jungle — was unwilling to let them find the four children who'd been missing since their charter plane crashed weeks earlier in a remote area in southern Colombia.

Indigenous volunteers and military crews had found signs of hope: a baby bottle, half-eaten fruit, dirty diapers strewn across a wide swatch of rainforest. The men were convinced the children had survived. But punishing rains, harsh terrain and the passing of time had diminished their spirits and drained their stamina.

The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green. They sensed that their ancestral land — Selva Madre, or Mother Jungle — was unwilling to let them find the four children who'd been missing since their charter plane crashed weeks earlier in a remote area in southern Colombia.

Indigenous volunteers and military crews had found signs of hope: a baby bottle, half-eaten fruit, dirty diapers strewn across a wide swatch of rainforest. The men were convinced the children had survived. But punishing rains, harsh terrain and the passing of time had diminished their spirits and drained their stamina.

The weak of body, of mind, of faith do not make it out of this jungle. Day 39 was do or die — for the children and the search teams.

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https://www.wcpo.com/news/national/indigenous-searchers-say-they-used-ayahuasca-to-help-find-downed-plane

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Indigenous searchers say they used ayahuasca to help find downed plane (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2023 OP
I fully believe this. I spent 2 months earlier this year alittlelark Jun 2023 #1
You're so lucky! wackadoo wabbit Jun 2023 #2
Good for you - I so wish I had been more adventurous in my youth. I tried peyote walkingman Jun 2023 #3
I'm almost 60 - wish I had done it in my youth, but grateful alittlelark Jun 2023 #4

alittlelark

(18,912 posts)
1. I fully believe this. I spent 2 months earlier this year
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 09:51 PM
Jun 2023

In the Peruvian rainforest participating in ceremonies. I found MANY things.

walkingman

(8,342 posts)
3. Good for you - I so wish I had been more adventurous in my youth. I tried peyote
Fri Jun 16, 2023, 11:09 PM
Jun 2023

in early 70's with a friend who was a member of an indigenous person from Mexico. It was one of the most enlightening experiences in my life.

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