Dear All

Thank you for accepting our invitation. It will be an intimate time with the spirit of the Olmec tradition. Humbling opening portals of perception and knowledge taking you in a journey into the individual and collective hearts.

We are really looking forward to meet you all around the fire.

Arrival Time: 7pm Please arrive not later than 8pm. Circle starts at 10pm.

(if you are attending the Sweat Lodge on the 5th of March you must arrive at 12noon, we go inside the sweat at 1pm.)

Location: Barkley Farm Lambourne end, Manor road, RM4 1NH. This a private location, please be discreet all time during your stay at the farm.

Once you arrive to the farm send us message we will pick you and take you to our location. Someone will also be waiting for you at the barn at 7pm.

You can also park in the pub/restaurant just a few meters passed the Farm. This location can also be found in Google as Barkley Farm Project. Please arrange your journey before hand, as I will be very busy to answer the phone on the day, better if you text me. The nearest station is Hainault station on the central line. You can take a cab or Uber from the station, it costs around £7. If you are driving and wish to share your car please let me know to try to arrange lifts. 

Bring instruments and songs to share music in the circle. When we sing we connect to the creator to our mother earth and the elements.

You are responsible for removing your own rubbish at the end.

Confidentiality: Never under any circumstances mentioned the name of the farm out side our circle of friends and of course never disclosed what goes on in the farm. Please very careful what you say in the minicab or Uber. In our confidentiality depends that we can continue doing our work. “What happens at the farm stays at the farm”

We really look forward to sharing ceremony with you and feeding the land with our prayers!

*UNDER NOT CIRCUMSTANCES BLOCK THE WAY OUT/IN OF THE FARM WITH YOUR CAR*

Dogs are not allow in the farm.

Story about the Mazatecs.

For thousands of years and throughout history, the Mazatecs have had a relationship with the sacred mushrooms, of the psilocybe genus, which have been called teonanácatl, which in Nahuatl means "meat of the gods" the traditional Mazatec doctors attribute neurotropic, anticancer and antibiotic properties.

To access knowledge and become a traditional doctor, "Man or Woman of Medicine" there are several paths that are basically experienced in three ways: Being born with the gift, self-interest in this work and third that can be chosen by the healer or by mushrooms, the warning commonly occurs during a ceremony or during sleep, however, being a man or woman of knowledge, more than a goal to be achieved, represents a way of life that implies a constant incorporation of information and knowledge that is done over time. throughout life and that fungi play a fundamental role.

The Evening.

Before the evening, you have to get the necessary elements for the evening; candles, flowers, copal. Once those who will participate in the evening have gathered, they will talk about the reason for taking the mushrooms, the traditional doctor lights the candles and places them in order. Each participant gets up to pick up their package and returns to their place, immediately afterwards they sing to the 4 elements and to the medicine.

Traditionally, mushrooms are consumed at night, taking care that there are no noises to avoid distractions because they are very delicate and if there is any noise it no longer has any effect, the prayer and chants are done before eating them, it must be in total darkness. Some participants are very sensitive and it is recommended to avoid driving cars or traveling if you still have the effects of psilocybin.

When the Mazatecs consume mushrooms there are some rules to follow, when talking about the plant it should always be with love, with joy, with respect because when they are ignored and do not follow the rules such as dieting with food to purify and cleanse the body and sex they are disrespected. 

Circle Program: 

• Circle starts at 10pm. Please arrive no later than 8pm.

• Circle closes with sunrise.

Note: during the ceremony we will meditate in silence, play music and listen to Don Santiago. After the closing ceremony we will have food and some of us will get things ready for the Temazcal.    

In the ingestion of these mushrooms, these rules must be followed, emanating from the tradition of the Mazatecs, it is important to subject the body to a healthy diet, purifying, cleansing and detoxifying the body for a minimum week.

1. Consume the mushrooms at night to avoid noise and distractions.

2. No food, alcoholic beverages or medications should be ingested before and during the ceremony.

3. Consume the mushrooms under the supervision of an adult who knows them.

4. The dose must be controlled and will be no less than 6 nor more than 12 if they are fresh or dried, the dose will be doubled.

5. Drink water or tea during ingestion to avoid nausea.

6. The person has to be seated.

7. The next day try to rest, avoid going out or avoid

8. The medicine does not mix well with antidepressants and other relate drugs. Please let us know if you are on any medication.

Therapeutic potential of fungi.

The therapeutic properties of psilocybin mushrooms have been recognised by the Mazatec since time immemorial, its scientific validation is a recent issue that has been accompanied by media visibility, due to the ability of psilocybin to interact with the central nervous system, expand neuronal connectivity and induce transcendental experiences with a deep personal meaning and spiritual sense that has captured the attention of specialists in mental health and neuroscience worldwide.

Recent studies, the experience has the potential to reconfigure the personal perspective and promote the rectification of people's behaviours and have long-term effects on personality.

After one or two sessions of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, it is possible to relieve mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, anguish and post-traumatic stress disorder.

In the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic, psilocybin therapy is considered to have the potential to play an important therapeutic role in the treatment of various mental disorders in post-COVID-19 clinical psychiatry.

Advice and recommendations to prepare for a master plant ceremony.

Master plants are sacred beings with spiritual energy and to enter into communion with them requires physical, mental and spiritual preparation. Prepare for the diet a week before, cleanse and detoxify the body.

Diet means eating it, drinking it, incorporating it into the body through its taste, its contact, drinking it. So a diet restrictions are very specific: Food without salt, without meat and without sexual intercourse, avoid drinking beverages such as coffee and alcohol, fatty foods, eggs for at least a week. And the day of the ceremony keep fasting to arrive light.v In this way the body purifies itself and opens itself to receive the energy and consciousness of the plants, each plant has a specific energy and function. According to the ailments of the person, it is the plant that the teacher prescribes, with a first intention to receive his medicine and heal the bodies: physical, mental, energetic and spiritual and in a second moment is to receive his secrets, his teachings, his energy to be depositaries of it and be able to continue on the path of healing.

The first benefit that is experienced is to receive the healing of the plant and the deeper, longer and more committed the diet, the energy of the plant is stored in the body, so that it is always available to people, for itself. or to share with an intention to heal.

The plant diet is the true way to be like nature, simple, humble, always in contact with the earth and with a lot of love, to give oneself to everything and everyone.

Development of the Evening One of the main objectives of the Evening is to access the sacred, the principle of healing where there is communication with the divinities, with nature and with the flow of energies that the participants perceive during that period, when they open the gateways to new and different perceptions, knowledge and the ability to face and cope with any conflict and restore balance.

It can be said that this ceremony fulfils a structure, it has a reason to be carried out, there are prerequisites, it has a beginning, a development and an end, all of this is essential for it to be a complete ceremony. All Evenings have these characteristics.

Any questions please write to us: info@healingthelandproject.com