Rainforest Medicine Stories: Deep Forest Perspective, Healing Ceremonies and Timeless Wisdom
Rainforest Medicine Council
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Ethnobotanist Jonathon Miller Weisberger, author of "Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon," shares his knowledge from over 25 years of experience with indigenous Amazonian medicine, ceremonial life, and traditions. The podcast features discussions on ayahuasca and yagé, indigenous Amazonian mythology and cosmology, ancient legends, permaculture, ethnobotany, music, history, and more. It is a master storyteller's exploration of deep forest perspectives, healing ceremonies, and timeless wisdom.
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The Emerald Gateway: Ancestral Science and the Sophisticated Discipline of La Dieta 29.05.2026 1ώ 45λJonathon addresses common misconceptions about "dieta," in advance of the upcoming July 3-13 2026 Rainforest Medicine Council gatherings in Costa Rica. This talk regards reinvestigating it as a sophisticated method of refinement rather than mere food restriction. We will explore time-tested traditional protocols for focusing vital energy which allows spiritual aims to be made effective.Check out this webinar for a deep dive into topics found in Chapter 4 of his book, Rainforest Medicine: Elements of the Experience. To join the council, visit:https://rainforestmedicine.net/events/To visit Ocean Forest Ecolodge in Costa Rica:https://www.oceanforest.org/-Ethnobotanist Jonathon Miller Weisberger, author of "Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon" shares his knowledge from 25+ years experience with indigenous Amazonian medicine, ceremonial life and traditions. Join a traditional master storyteller for discussion on Ayahuasca and Yagé, indigenous Amazonian mythology and cosmology, ancient legends, permaculture, ethnobotany, music, history and much more.
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Walking the Rainforest Medicine Path: Overcoming hesitations through heartfelt connections 08.12.2025 1ώ 50λIn this discussion we will be covering the Pinta (designs trail) of Rainforest Medicine Traditions, and its significance to healing our minds, bodies and spirits in the plant medicine ceremonies of Yagé.Attend A Rainforest Medicine council for personal renewalhttps://rainforestmedicine.net/Visit Ocean Forest Ecolodge (Ethnobotanical gardens and nature sanctuary!)https://www.oceanforest.org/Timestamps1:42 What is Yagé?2:55 three ways of using Yagé 5:30 Meaning of the name Yagé by Don Delfin8:33 Approaching the Pinta and Today’s Topics14:58 Subtle Law15:36 Pinta and Non-Dual realms23:52 Yagé Pinta: Respecting the subtle energies and ceremonial Etiquette28:48 How to respect the ceremony and the Yagé32:00 Dr. Santander’s Pinta Experience34:55 Tulsi’s Wiñapai Pinta experience and AI Poem36:57 The Sky-barge! Opalescent boats with Animal Imagery (Spirit?!)39:12 Yagé Tale from The Holy Mountain - Napo Galeras41:31 Jonathon’s Pinta Story52:54 Oral Tradition, Yagé Tradition, and Self reflection 55:40 The purpose of drinking Yagé is to meet the Winapai1:01:19 Flute Concerto in the Water Cavern1:03:18 What is the Posá? Approaching the Pinta and the 5 fundamental designs1:06:45 5 Elements meets the 5 fundamental Posá1:14:00 Water Spirits, Doctor Spirits, and symbols as energy portals, galactic forces present in the here and now 1:16:24 Tojá/Toyá, “We borrow from the unreal to cultivate the real”1:22:10 Drinking Yagé to heal - Horizontal Posá 1:30:37 Approaching Duality and Disconnection1:35:26 Waorani Myth of Lighting the Clouds On Fire1:41:38 Don Casamiro’s Rainbow Serpent SongGlossarySecoya/Siekopai - Indigenous peoples/Indians native to the upper amazon. Pinta - Yagé designs and patterns Toyá - Toja, Pinta, pattern of ancestral medicinal scientific vibrational science. Cosmological and vibratory emanations.Yagé Toyá - Yagé DesignsWiñapai Toyá - Heavenly People DesignsJaicuntipai - inside the earth peopleWati Toyá - Lower spirits DesignsPre-heaven phase - Before heaven, original metabolism before we’re bornPost-Heaven - The interaction of yin and yang in the world after we’re bornDon Cesario Piaguaje- Maestro of Sequoia/Siekopai tradition, medicine, cosmology, mythology and culture. Accomplished healer and drinker of Yagé. Died around 120 years old on easter friday, buried on resurrection sunday. 5 Phases/5 Elements: 5 Elements of nature in traditional east asian medicine (5 clouds meditation), wu xing, xing yi. The 5 elements are an integral schemata for understanding the universe and our bodies and has significant medical implications. Entire systems of medicine exist around this phenomena.Pearls“We borrow from the unreal to cultivate the real”Chang O Treatise on the Silent way“Gripped by the Yagé”Live Softly, Humbly, and view all life as sacredRepenting, asking for forgiveness, reflecting on our thoughts and actions, selfless service, mitzvas and other benevolent tasks as a manner of living in line with the heavenly virtues of the Yagé and Pinta - Living the Medicine.“Colors are enrichments from the divine realms”Posá/Designs PatternsO - Doctor healing spirits, heavenly spirits, water, gravity, cohesion, containment, unity.I - Aceraruna, the Iron people, Structural alignment, beings who hover above the treetops and control the weather_ - Caterpillar, Matemokeke, transformation, manifestation, grounding, weak nuclear forceX - Jaicuntipai, Designs Boa* - Star, Tree of Life, law of becoming, Harmonizing energies, all directions, 5th potential force of quantum mechanics?!
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Deep Forest People, Ancient Yagé Legends and Cacao Phenomena 27.08.2025 1ώ 22λStep in, show up, and feel the power of connectionAttend A Rainforest Medicine council for personal renewalhttps://rainforestmedicine.net/Visit Ocean Forest Ecolodge (Ethnobotanical gardens and nature sanctuary!)https://www.oceanforest.org/The BookRainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon by Jonathon Miller-Weisbergerhttps://amzn.to/3Hc8SkVDonate to the Living Bridges Foundation (tax deductible) https://www.livingbridgesfoundation.org/0:10- Introduction & Jonathan’s background1:40- Work in the Amazon & Demarcation of the Waorani indigenous peoples territory (1990-1995)12:53-The best deal ever, an old computer for 250,000 acres of wilderness - 1994)21:13-See~diii – A Ninth Dimensional Goddess who protects the Osa Peninsula & mysteries of the Costa Rica Petro-spheres 23:06-Cacao as a Sacred Plant & Cultural Catalyst43:09-Chinese Medicine & Five Elements Connection47:36-Yagé Creation Legend & Siekopai Cosmology53:25-Myths as Moral Order & Teaching Tools55:51-Ancient Navigators, Stone Spheres, and Intercontinental Voyages62:48-Art, Illustration, and Rainforest Medicine Book67:18-Current Work, Lodge, and how to support and participate ground level on the ProjectsKey Terms Napo Galeras - Park in the Upper AmazonPai'na or Ñañë - Grandfather CreatorNai Pai - Dawn And Dusk ImmortalsPetro-spheres - Stone spheres used for ancient navigationCouncils - Rainforest medicine ceremonial gatheringsWenka - Blue/Black Dye Seeds of the Waorani - Genipa americana.Waorani Great Flood Myth shared at the Jameel Art Center in Dubaihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ekOArexqIELink to the See~diii Blog Articlehttps://www.oceanforest.org/2021/04/12/seediii-a-9th-dimensional-goddess-protects-the-osa-peninsula/Links From The See~diii (9th Dimensional Goddess, Guardian of the Osa Peninsula) ArticleSpheres: Recovery of indigenous history (Ballenas Tales Magazine BTM)https://ballenatales.com/spheres-recovery-of-the-indigenous-history/#gsc.tab=0The Diquis Stone Spheres (BTM)https://ballenatales.com/the-diquis-stone-spheres/#gsc.tab=0Atlantis in America: Navigators of the ancient world by Ivar Zapp and George Erikson (book)https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=xomDSdpe_MIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falseThe Lost Continent of Mu by Col. James Churchward (book)https://amzn.to/3JbWtxNIvar Zapp on Earth Ancients Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/special-edition-ivar-zapp-atlantis-is-america-navigators/id843060147?i=1000648774933Lemuria: Hidden History of Mankind’s Motherlandhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Y2oygm15Y&list=PL1AE22FEAACC74F72– Spiritual Invocations for Peace and Healing –Grandmaster Le Tian’s Chants for Healinghttps://archive.org/details/grandmaster-le-tian-feng-shui-enhancingTian Ai Qigong: Invocation to calm the mind by Master Yang Tianyinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5oIO-NwNRYTian Ai Qigong: Beautiful Medicine Musichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwR6Hmj9bxQTian Ai Qigong: Yi Ai Love as the pure energy of the universe meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo9rcspPnP4Powerful Morning Meditation for Protection by Master Cathy Muhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syZKx60xUEI
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