MESSAGE OF AYAHUASCA AND VEGETALISMO

 

MESSAGE OF AYAHUASCA AND VEGETALISMO

By ● ☾ ENOCH, for the Onanya Shipibo-Konibo

1. Ceremonial Invocation and Greeting

Nete iká, jawé nete rao iká…

(Sacred world, medicine of the sacred world…)

Brothers and sisters, children of the river and the forest, I welcome you to this circle of word, medicine, and light.

We are gathered beneath the starry mantle, listening to the murmur of the wind in the leaves, the song of the crickets, and the deep heartbeat of Mother Earth.

Today I do not speak only as a man, but as a channel for the ancient voices of the grandfathers and grandmothers who walk invisibly by our side, and for the plant teachers who guard the memory of the universe.

2. Story of Connection with the Spiritual World

When I close my eyes in ceremony and the bitter taste of ayahuasca settles on my tongue, my body begins to disappear. I feel rivers of light flowing through me, vibrations of colors that do not exist in the physical world.

The spirit of the nishi (cosmic anaconda) wraps around me and guides me. Her scales shimmer with kené patterns—the geometric designs that are the fingerprints of the universe. There, every line is a river, every spiral is a whirlpool of energy, every point is a star lit in the great net of existence.

In those journeys, I have learned that everything in life sings. Plants sing, stones sing, waters sing. The difference is that our modern ears have forgotten how to listen.

3. The Kené as Sacred Map and Interdimensional Bridge

The kené is not just visual art. It is a score, a navigation code.

The designs you see on my cushma (ceremonial robe) are maps for traveling between worlds.

Each kené line is a spiritual pathway. When we draw it, we are not “decorating”—we are remembering the weave that unites everything that exists. Kené is revealed through visions received during diets with plant teachers. When I drink ayahuasca, these patterns emerge, as if the very air fills with living geometry.

The kené serves to:

• Protect — Wearing it on clothing, skin, or ritual objects creates an energy field that confuses and repels harmful spirits.
• Heal — Through song and vision, the lines guide energy to restore balance in the body and soul.
• Connect — Each pattern is a node in the cosmic network linking plants, animals, humans, and spiritual beings.

In Shipibo we say:

“Jakon kené, jakon nete” — Good design, good world.

4. The Art and Function of the Chakapa

The chakapa is the fan of dried leaves we use in ceremony. Many think it is only for making sound, but in truth it is an instrument of vibration and light.

When I shake the chakapa, each movement cuts and cleans heavy energies (yoshin), while the sound calls allied spirits. It is like an invisible brush that combs the aura, untangling knots of sadness, fear, or illness.

In vision, the leaves of the chakapa glow like a swarm of green fireflies, and its sound is like the murmur of the river carrying away everything we no longer need.

5. Communication with Plant Teachers

In the vegetalista path, we do not “use” plants—we relate to them as people, with respect and patience.

Ayahuasca is the mother who shows us the root of our pains and the seed of our joys. Mapacho is the father who protects, the smoke that cleanses and seals. Bobinsana opens the heart to feel compassion. Chirisanango gives us strength to face the trials of life.

To speak with a plant:

1. Listen more than you speak — Silence is the language they understand.
2. Sing — The ícaro is the bridge; the melody is a thread linking your spirit to the plant’s.
3. Offer — Tobacco, water, song, or even your breath.
4. Diet — Keep the body and mind in purity to refine perception.

6. Shipibo-Konibo Messages with Translation

“Nokon shinanbo reshin, yora nete shinanbo jema.”

— Your thoughts are seeds, the physical world is their garden.

“Rao yora ibo.”

— Medicine is a river.

“Jakon shinan iká nete”

— The beauty of thought creates beauty in the world.

“Inin rao nete penkenbo”

— The aroma of the medicine guides the good spirits.

7. Ceremonial Closing with Blessing and Protection

Brothers, what we have shared here are not just words. They are keys, they are seeds. When you walk back to your homes, remember that every step is a prayer, every gaze is a song, every act of love is an offering to the spirit of life.

May the kené clothe you, may the chakapa cleanse you, may the plants speak to you, and may your dreams be pathways of light.

“Jakon nete, jakon shinan” — Good world, good thought.