How Much is an Ayahuasca Retreat?

 The pricing of Ayahuasca retreats has been a topic of great controversy in the medicine world. The vast ray of responses have created much debate on this issue.



Should Ayahuasca be free?


It starts from the beginning that Ayahuasca should be free and that it is a gift that should not be tainted by the influence of money. This blended with the notions that arrived from a kind of hippy influence, that stated that I have no money or little, I cannot afford it so it should be free or close to that figure. And in a perfect world free is always preferable option.



Let's look into where it comes from: the Jungle


But lets get back to the jungle where its free, well first you have to go into the jungle find a vine and chop up some 12 kilos and some chacruna and cook it for three days to get a liter of medicine.


That seems simple enough now, so it seems very easy as we did in many of our colonial enterprises of the past to purchase this product for a cheap cost because the average jungle tribal person does not have a great need of money. We westerners are very well aware that their lifestyle needs fall way below our western costs.


So a tribal person takes the medicine and serves it to his community for money or trade, simple.


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