A medicine song born in ceremony - honouring Grandfather Yopo, the jaguar spirit of the jungle. Let the visions flow.

Yopo: Ayahuasca's Grandfather. Seeds, Snuffs & Visionary States. An Ethnobotanical Exploration. Presented to the Australian Psychedelic Society on Thursday 12 March 2026.

"When sacred plants are removed from land, lineage and ceremony, they stop functioning as medicine. What remains is chemistry consumed by a culture with no shamans, no elders and no spiritual compass." - Stevan Sipka, Ethnobotanist

Long ago, before the first fire was lit and the first song was sung, the Spirit of Earth, known as the Great Mother, dreamt of healing. From her breath, she called forth Seven Teachers, each representing a different element of her sacred body: root, vine, leaf, seed, cactus, fungus, and star.

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