Datura / Brugmansia Sauveolens, commonly known as Angels Trumpet, encompasses a wide variety of cultivars and hybrids found all around the world.
They vary widely in potency, alkaloid balance and appearance, come in almost every color of the rainbow and give off a nocturnal aroma that is almost intoxicating in its own right.
Also called Floripondio, Toloache, Borrachera or Toé in indigenous cultures it is a profound, powerful and mysterious master plant spirit that has a well deserved aura of taboo around it. It must always be approached and treated with the utmost caution, respect and strict physical / mental / spiritual preparation before and after engaging with it.
The internet is full of very negative stories of people haphazardly and irresponsibly consuming large quantities of very toxic varieties of Datura, and while on one hand these stigmas can be unfortunate, on the other hand these taboos have served to keep this medicine from being mass consumed and abused for recreation and profit, as other more 'fun and friendly' medicines have been.
We acknowledge and are grateful for this natural gatekeeping and we continue to reserve this plant for only cases in which it is strongly indicated both through our own assessment of maturity and preparation, but also the clear and direct calling of the plant itself.
We also hope that as more and more of our clients experience profound and lasting healings, the dark cloud of fear and judgement will be illuminated and dispelled by the true clarity and benevolence of this powerful but misunderstood spirit.
It should only be consumed under direct supervision and guidance of a fully trained shamanic professional who has undergone years of training and initiation in a tradition that has survived the test of time, preferably many generations. There are safer, gentler ways to work with it than consuming, such as perfumes and homeopathic tinctures and these are often the ways in which we work with it.
This plant is not recreational, the effects are often physically unpleasant, confusing and generally difficult if not impossible to even remember at high dosage.
All that accounted for and considered, Datura is also regarded by ancient cultures around the world to be the highest spiritual court that can be appealed to, and is often last resort of shamans and curanderos in cases where nothing else seems to work. The mechanisms of healing are very mysterious due to the inability for the untrained conscious mind to recall or interact with the experience. Those who have been healed by this plant often can only say that the problem is simply 'gone' afterwards with no idea how, or why that is the case.
Contrary to what the uninitiated love to say out of fear, there are safe and time tested ways to work with this incredible medicine. We have been a part of enough miraculous healings in a wide variety of cases to be confident that it is worth the risks and demands of working with this precious teacher.
In addition to 20+ years of experience with other plant medicines, Carlos has trained with Brugmansia Sauveolens in the Peruvian Amazon for more than 5 years under the guidance of his teacher Don Francisco Montes Shuña, a Capanawa curandero, spending months at a time in isolation, fasting and following strict dietas and protocols in order to learn to navigate in this realm and earn the blessing from this particular tradition and spirit to be shared with those who are ready and able to receive her healing, teaching and grace.
The first step is always a spirit consultation to determine if this plant is compatible and beneficial for your case, and the guidance of the spirit realm in these matters always takes precedence over any ideas or desires we may have in our little minds to partake. A 'NO' is a 'NO' and cannot be negotiated. But don't worry! During your consultation you will be guided towards the correct medicine and process for you specifically.
