The Healing Properties of Ayahuasca and Other Master Plants of the Shipibo People

The song that calls you home is a personal, scientific and mystical exploration of Amazonian curanderismo - with focus on Ayahuasca and Master Plants, their healing and visionary properties and risks - along with the wondrous world of the Shipibo people and Song. This film aims to function as a bridge for those seeking to understand the facts and dynamics behind one of the most intriguing phenomena of our time: Ayahuasca Tourism - Westerners who travel to the Amazon each year by the thousands in pursuit of healing and enlightenment through Ayahuasca, shamanic treatments, and specific plant diets.

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Chapters
▷ 00:00 - Intro
▷ 03:25 - The Shibibo shamans and their relationship with plants
▷ 06:14 - Luis, Vanni and Alexandra: three people who felt a call to take ayahuasca
▷ 10:10 - Preparing for the ceremony: no red meat, no oil, no sexual activity and one 'vomitivo'
▷ 13:45 - How plants communicate with us
▷ 20:08 - The science behind ayahuasca
▷ 30:14 - Ayahuasca is not for everyone
▷ 34:30 - The power of the traditional Shipibo medicine songs
▷ 40:35 - The ayahuasca ceremony
▷ 44:23 - The impact of ayahuasca on those who took it
▷ 58:40 - The healing must continues after the ceremony
▷ 1:02:58 - Shipibo culture extends ayahuasca into a world in need of healing
▷ 1:08:49 - Credits