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Sananda-Wasi and the Hammock of Reflections
Chapter 13: This chapter takes me back to when I was just beginning to hold the medicine, learning lessons I would only come to understand years later…
Jul 23
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Dennis Notten
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Ten Days with Madre
Chapter 12: One night, as I lay in my hammock under the open sky, a clear image came to me. It felt more like a memory than an idea. I saw a circular…
Jul 1
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Dennis Notten
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April 2025
Stillness Beneath the Leaves: Where the Teachings Begin
Chapter 11: Although I had felt a great force while eating the Muka root, I hardly felt anything lying there on my mattress. I kept my eyes closed and…
Apr 1
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Dennis Notten
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February 2025
The Dieta Starts
Chapter 10: For a week, we stayed in our new place in the jungle, building the house. It already had a roof made from palm leaves, and a simple but…
Feb 11
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Dennis Notten
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November 2024
The Third Wave: From the Echoes of History to a Path of Reverence
Resuming Walking with the Serpent After a Pause—Reflections on Ayahuasca, Responsibility, and the Stories We Are Writing Together
Nov 26, 2024
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Dennis Notten
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August 2023
First ceremony in Sete Estrellas
Chapter 9: With just a few days left of preparation before the dieta, Luis decided it was time to give me my Yawanawá name. Most of the Yawanawá have…
Aug 18, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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Time in the Village
Chapter 8: When the house was finished, we left for Tarauacá on the boat. It felt strange to go back into the world after having just arrived in the…
Aug 3, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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July 2023
Preparing for Muká
Chapter 7: I arrived back in Amsterdam with clarity, confidence, and trust. I decided that I would move to Peru the following summer, and to play in the…
Jul 20, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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Puyeihunihu
The story of Ruá, and the birth of the plants of power...
Jul 6, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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June 2023
Transitions
Chapter 6: The time in Brazil ended, and I returned back to the Netherlands, to my life, to my relationship, and my job in the classical music world…
Jun 22, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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Meeting the Santo Daime
Chapter 5: Just a few weeks later, in the summer of 2012, I set off for Brazil with my girlfriend and a dear friend Jeroen. We stayed for a few days in…
Jun 8, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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May 2023
Tetepāwā Tukaini
The story of the Eagle and the Samaúma, and the Birth of the Forest... a part of the Yawanawá Creation Story
May 25, 2023
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Dennis Notten
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