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Wachuma ceremony, riverside Calca When we leave, early in the morning, we are escorted by five dogs. Two of them are ours, the other three are street dogs. It’s like walking with a pack of wolves. We feel safe, invigorated and proud. Jumping in a taxi to Calca we have … Lees meer
My boyfriend has been trying to quit smoking for years. Every failed attempt leads to renewed contemplation about the cause of his addiction. ‘I think it’s because I was never breastfed’, he suggests. That’s a new one. ‘Smoking is a substitute for the instant satisfaction a baby experiences when he, … Lees meer
First I let the dogs pass, so they don’t run me over while I climb over the back wall and down the path, into the neighbors’ field. Better to take a shortcut, saves me at least 5 minutes. Good Coski and Salka, the dogs, are so used to the … Lees meer
If you try to save a drowning man and he spits in your face and says: ‘Leave me alone, I have to go through this’ fuck it let him drown go for a swim If you love someone and climb on the roof to shout it out and he says: … Lees meer
‘I had a vision’, said the director in a solemn voice. ‘I saw you working in my healing centre, fulfilling an important role in our mission to cure chronically ill people. You belong here, I just know. Mother Ayahuasca never makes mistakes.’ ‘I’ll decide that for myself’, I thought. I’d … Lees meer
‘You have to cherish one sin in your life’, the Tibetan buddhists say, ‘to make sure you don’t lose your humbleness on the path to enlightenment and always remember your fallibility.’ I think about this every morning when I make coffee, otherwise I feel guilty. ‘Just do it’, I tell … Lees meer
If you zoom in on this place on Google maps (latitude: 46.65528, longitude: 0.91362 or: Puygirault, St Pierre de Maille, France) you immediately see it: this is no ordinary place. Surrounded by forests and fields you see the contours of a pink castle with its round towers, flanking the river … Lees meer