This is an opportunity to commune with the spirits of mushrooms and cacao in a sacred and safe container. To Illuminate what needs tending within you to live your most aligned, joyful, and purpose filled life. Appropriate for beginners and experienced plant medicine people alike.
Cacao and mushrooms are a powerful combination that can take you on a visionary journey where the heart and mind intertwine. Both of these sacred plants have roots in Mesoamerican cultures where it is traditionally thought that cacao opens the heart and mushrooms open the mind. The Nahuatl word for hallucinogenic mushrooms - teonanácatl - translates to “flesh of the gods,” while their word for cacao - cacáhuatl - means “food of the gods.”
What to expect: Will be working with a ceremonial dose of cacao and a micro to small dose of mushrooms. Ariel will work with you individually to determine the appropriate dose of mushrooms for you.
You’ll be guided deep within through the heartbeat of the drum and journey with the plant and fungi as you receive Icaros (healing songs) and medicine songs.
We’ll ground ourselves to close with a meal and sharing circle.
What to bring:
Please bring a mug, matt/blanket/pillow, water bottle, journal (optional), and nutritious and grounding food to eat after ceremony
Please read more on the contraindications of ceremonial cacao (https://selenohealth.com/blogs/learn-about-cacao/safety-of-cacao) before registering and if you are on antidepressants, please note that these medications can dull the effects of mushrooms. This event is non-refundable and space is limited.
Cost: $165 (cap of 12 people)
Registration and payment goes directly to Ariel
About Ariel:
Ariel is a medicine woman. She has been called a shadow weaver and an alchemical magician. She calls herself a midwife of reclamation, intimacy, and connection. Walking with people back to their bodies, their hearts, and their souls. Ariel is passionate about de-armoring of the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies. Dedicated to inspiring others to tend to their grief and pleasure and give voice to their desires. Supporting people in remembering their interdependence, inherent value, and connection to the earth and cosmos.
Formally trained as a Somatic Psychedelic Therapist, Somatic Sex Educator, Sexological Bodyworker, and Reiki practitioner. In 2020, Ariel began her path of studying plant medicine and shamanism with carriers of the Mestizo and Shipibo-Konibo lineages from the Peruvian Amazon.
Ariel currently facilitates plant medicine retreats in Peru and offers 1:1 and group sessions and ceremonies in and around Salem, MA.
Ariel Szabo
Owner, SacredMoonflower