{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Dangers of "Ayahuasca Told Me\u2026" with Jer\u00f3nimo Mazarrasa","description":"In this episode, Jer\u00f3nimo Mazarrasa joins to discuss how to interpret visions and insights disclosed during ayahuasca journeys more effectively. Jer\u00f3nimo is Program Director at ICEERS, founder of ICEERS Academy, and creator of AyaSafety, an online course for people interested in increasing the safety of ayahuasca ceremonies. To start, Jer\u00f3nimo emphasizes that answering the question of whether ayahuasca visions originate in the plant medicine itself or if these are just disclosures of one\u2019s own subconscious is actually not what's most important. Instead, he suggests that in either case, what is crucial is spending time carefully considering how one should respond to these disclosures. Jer\u00f3nimo shares insights from expert facilitators on how one can best go about interpreting and responding to such experiences, suggesting that an important aspect of this process is that participants feel comfortable taking personal responsibility for whatever decisions they eventually decide to make rather than thinking of these major life changes as necessary consequences of the psychedelic experience itself. In closing, Jer\u00f3nimo discusses the tension between externalization and psychologization of psychedelic experiences and why both of these can lead to issues.    In this episode, you'll hear: The common experience of feeling as though the ayahuasca has communicated something to you Examples of where taking an ayahuasca vision literally can lead to problematic outcomes  The \u201cthree confirmations\u201d one should look for before making a major decision based on a psychedelic experience The metaphor of ayahuasca as a microscope How skilled ayahuasca facilitators ensure proper psychological hygiene with participants Judging the validity of potential repressed memories that seem to surface during psychedelic experiences   Quotes: \u201cThe way that ayahuasca becomes useful for people, I think, is that it shows you\u2014it amplifies and shows you\u2014what is already inside of yourself. Now, this is very useful for certain things but one has to understand the nature of the language.\u201d  [9:23] \u201cFacilitators should instruct their participants that one rule is that you shouldn\u2019t make any decisions during an ayahuasca ceremony\u2014unless they are decisions related to taking yourself out of danger.\u201d [14:42] \u201cAyahuasca is not a shortcut for personal development\u2014it\u2019s just a flashlight that can help you shed some light on some darker parts of [your] issues and problems, but it is not a shortcut.\u201d [35:47] \u201cThe main contraindication of psychedelics is not wanting to take psychedelics. You should absolutely never ever ever ever ever take psychedelics if you don\u2019t want to because it is going to be horrible. It\u2019s like a kiss\u2014when you want it, its beautiful, intimate, gorgeous; when you don\u2019t want it, it's the most intrusive, disgusting, blech thing ever.\u201d [50:27]   Links: Jer\u00f3nimo on Instagram Jer\u00f3nimo on Facebook ICEERS Academy website ICEERS Academy on Instagram AyaSafety course  Previous episode: Guruism and Cult Dynamics in Psychedelic Practices with Joseph Holcomb Adams Previous episode: Can Psychedelics Lead to False Beliefs? with Hugh McGovern, PhD Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui ","author_name":"Psychedelic Medicine Podcast with Dr. Lynn Marie Morski","author_url":"https:\/\/psychedelicmedicineassociation.org\/podcasts\/","html":"