I-Psychedelic Retreats

I'Ngisendaweni yempelasonto esontweni eliguquliwe eduze kwase-Amsterdam. Kudlala umculo opholile, wasezulwini futhi ngiphuza itiye le-herbal elisha ngenkathi ngixoxa ngamathemba ami novalo “ngomkhosi” wakusasa, okuwulimi lokuhlehla lohambo lwengqondo. Ukudla izingxenye ze-truffle zamakhowe omlingo kuvunyelwe e-Netherlands kanye nezihambeli zami eziyisishiyagalolunye kanye nami sizobe sidla uhlobo olubizwa nge-Dragon's Dynamite. Asithathi izidakamizwa zokungcebeleka, kodwa sisebenzisa ama-psychedelics “njengomuthi wezitshalo” ozihlolayo nowokwelaphayo. Uyemukelwa eminyakeni yobudala ye-psychedelic retreat.

Synthesis yavula iminyango yayo ngo-Ephreli 2018. Yasungulwa ngokuhlanganyela nguMartijn Schirp, owayengumdlali we-poker owathola insindiso ngama-psychedelics. Uthi: “Ngaba nohambo lwami lokuqala lwamakhowe eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye edlule futhi lokho kwashintsha ukuphila kwami. “Ngangihamba kuleli hlathi futhi lalinokuthula, kwakungathi inganekwane. Ngezwa leli zwi elikhulu lokuzigxeka lisuka kimi.” Ukholelwa ukuthi ngabe usahlukanisiwe noyise ukube bekungewona umbono abawunikwe yingqondongqondo. Ingqondo yakhe yezamabhizinisi yabona ukuthi okwakushoda ukuhlehla “okunokuqondisa kwezokwelapha, ukuqeqeshwa komuntu ngamunye kwangasese kanye namazinga ochwepheshe esikhathini samanje. umongo".

Asikho isigungu esilawulayo sokuhlehla kwengqondo futhi azikho izibalo ezisemthethweni zenani labantu abahlehla emhlabeni wonke, abaningi ababanjwe ngokungemthetho. U-Schirp ulinganisela ukuthi kuneshumi nambili noma ngaphezulu ukubalekela amakhowe okusemthethweni e-Netherlands, okuhlanganisa nemicimbi eqhutshwa ezweni yi-UK-based. I-Psychedelic Society. Izintengo zayo zezinsuku ezine zokuhlehla zisukela ku-£600 kuya ku-£1,400, kuye ngeholo lakho. I-Synthesis ikhokhisa u-£1,640 ngohlelo lwezinsuku ezintathu oluqondiswe kwabaqalayo. Njengoba u-Schirp echaza: “Sethula abantu abagula ngengqondo kubantu abangazuza kuzo, kodwa ngokuvamile ababengeke bazizwe belondekile noma bavuleleke kubo. Abantu abaningi namanje abazi ukuthi kukhona ukuhlehla okufana nalokhu. Bangena ngomshoshaphansi noma bazame ukujoyina esinye sezifundo zemfundo.”

Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi amakhowe omlingo anomphumela ekucindezelekeni

Kunenqwaba yezifundo, ezilandela ukuphayona kwe-Imperial College ngo-2016, ezihlole imiphumela yokwelapha yamakhowe omlingo ekucindezelekeni okukhulu. I-US Food and Drug Administration isanda kuqoka umuthi omusha we-psilocybin “njengokwelapha okuphumelelayo”. Ithuthukiswa yiCompass Pathways ese-UK, ethemba ukuthi izotholakala emakethe yemithi phakathi neminyaka emihlanu.

Mhlawumbe akumangazi ukuthi umkhuba wokusebenzisa umthamo omncane kuma-psychedelics usondela ekwamukelekeni komphakathi, naphezu kokungabi semthethweni kwawo okusabalele. Labo abathanda ukuthola imithamo ephezulu ngaphansi kokuqondiswa baya ngokuya behambela izindawo zokuhlehla ezigcinwe emazweni afana ne-Jamaica, i-Costa Rica, i-Peru, ne-Netherlands.

Kwa-Synthesis, izihambeli zikhuthazwa ukuba zilethe izinhloso ezintathu, okungenzeka kube izindaba noma izingxabano ezidinga ukunakwa, noma, njengami, ilukuluku lesayensi lokuhlola isimo esihlukile sokuqaphela. Phakathi nohambo, udokotela uyazulazula egumbini lokuphumula, kodwa ulapho ukuze athole isiqinisekiso kunesidingo. Amakhowe omlingo abhekwa njengezidakamizwa eziphephile nezingenabuthi obuncane bezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni. I-Global Drugs Survey, eyenziwa yithimba lamazwe ngamazwe labacwaningi nezifundiswa, kulo nyaka ihlaziye idatha evela kubaphenduli abangu-123,814 futhi yathola ukuthi amakhowe omlingo adinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okuncane, kanye no-0.4% wabasebenzisi ababike ukuthi bafuna ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo. Imiphumela yazo engqondweni, nokho, inzima ukubikezela, futhi njengoba uvivinyo lwakamuva lwemitholampilo lokudangala okumelana nokwelashwa e-Imperial College kwembule, kuyilapho ezinye iziguli zingathinteki kangako ezinye zinokuhlangenwe nakho okunamandla kwengqondo ngemithamo ephansi kunethamo eliphezulu. Njengoba izivivinyo zisaqhubeka, kusekuningi okungaziwa. Lokhu angikukhuthazi kuwo wonke umuntu kodwa ngokwezinga lomuntu siqu, bengizimisele ukukuyeka.

Izivakashi zifika ngoLwesihlanu ntambama. Abanye bangabahlali abahlehlayo ababuya ukuyokwengezwa noma banethemba lokujula, kodwa kwabaningi lolu uhambo lwabo lokuqala. Abahambele lo mcimbi bahamba bevela emhlabeni wonke futhi bahlanganisa odokotela, izifundiswa, onjiniyela kanye nalabo asebathatha umhlalaphansi. Sihlala embuthanweni ukuze sabelane ngezizathu zethu zokuza. Lena indawo engingayazi kimi. Ngiyi-introvert futhi angiyazi ekukhulumeni kwezokwelapha.

Ukuba lapha ngaphandle kwengubo yokunethezeka yezimpilo zethu ezijwayelekile kanye nezinqubo, izingqimba zokuzivikela maduzane ziqala ukuxebuka ngaphambi kokuthi sisondele ngisho namakhowe omlingo. Sitshelwa njengeqembu ngezindlela ezingase zithathwe uhambo lwethu: singase sibanjwe amandla angajwayelekile bese siqala ukuthuthumela noma singathola "i-nada" - isimo sokuntula lapho kuzwakala sengathi akukho okwenzekayo. Uma uhambo luba inselele (inkulumo ethi "uhambo olubi" ihoxiswe umphakathi wengqondo), abasingathi bethu bayasiqinisekisa ukuthi bazolubona ebusweni bethu futhi basisize siphumule futhi siphefumule ngalo. Nomaphi lapho uhambo lusiyisa khona, umbono uwukuthi kuyisifundo sohlobo oluthile. Abagqugquzeli bacindezela leli phuzu ngokuqinile ngomoya wothando oluqinile. I-mantra yethu: themba, yekela, vula.

Umcimbi uqala emini ngoMgqibelo. Sihlangana buthule, sibambe amaduvethi nemicamelo emibhedeni yethu. Kunezimbali, amakhandlela, namakhambi ashunqayo. Abagqugquzeli bagqoke ezimhlophe, igumbi ligcwele ukukhanya kwelanga, futhi izingoma zezinyoni ziphuma engadini. Omatilasi bahlelwa bayindilinga futhi uma wonke umuntu eselungisiwe, ama-truffles ayanikezwa, aphelezelwa amagilebhisi omisiwe kanye netiye le-ginger ukuze kube mnandi.

Nomaphi lapho isiyisa khona, umbono uwukuthi lolu hambo luyisifundo sohlobo oluthile

Ukuhlonipheka nokuhlonipheka okungazelelwe kungenza ngizizwe ngi-claustrophobic, futhi angikuthandi ukubukeka kwama-truffle ami amabi, ansundu ngokuluhlaza. Ngikhethe okuphansi kakhulu kwezinketho zemithamo emithathu, kodwa kubonakala kunemithwalo endishini yami. Ngiqinisekiswa ukuthi ayikho ingcindezi yokuthi ngiwadle. Ngiphumule futhi ngiqale ukuncenceza. Ngibe sengibeka imaskhi yamehlo ami ngijike ngingene emculweni. Emahoreni ayisithupha noma ngaphezulu alandelayo ngintanta kanye nezingoma, i-gong bonding ngezikhathi ezithile, nezinye izisusa zezinzwa ezinikezwa abasingathi bami.

Imizwa yemilingo iza ngamagagasi. Okokuqala, ngilele ngaphansi kwedome eliphuzi elithambile elakhiwe amaphethini ejiyomethri aphilayo, aphefumulayo. Ngihambahamba ngizungeza ingqondo yami engenalutho efana ne-cathedral, ngijabulela isimo sayo sokonakala. Ngingene embonweni wokwazisa ulimi. Konke ukungavikeleki okuncane nokukhungatheka okuhlobene nomsebenzi kuyaphela futhi ngiyingxenye yewebhu enkulukazi yabo bonke abantu abaxhumana ngolimi, umculo, nobuciko. Ngike ngikhale ngobuhle bethu sonke. Abagqugquzeli bathi sizokhala sonke ngesinye isikhathi. Lokhu akumangazi ku-Katrin Preller, osebenzisa izithombe zobuchopho ukuze atadishe imiphumela yabagula ngengqondo eNyuvesi yaseZurich. Ubone “ukuncipha kokuzibheka. Abantu babonakala bekhululekile futhi bezwelana nabanye, futhi bazizwa bexhumene kakhulu nemvelo nendawo abakuyo.”

UHannes Kettner, umsizi wocwaningo e-Imperial College, ubelokhu efunda okuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu be-psychedelic ezindaweni zokungcebeleka kanye nezindawo zokuhlenga kusukela ngo-2017. Nakuba okuhlangenwe nakho okuningi kwe-psychedelic kuholela ekwandeni kwenhlalakahle, uthi, "lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okuqondisiwe kunamandla kakhulu endleleni abantu abazuza ngayo. Sinokwenyuka okuqinile kuzilungiselelo eziqondisiwe uma kuqhathaniswa nalapho abantu bengase babe sefestiveli, ekhaya, noma ngokwemvelo. Sithola ukuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kokuthuthuka ngokomzwelo kuncike ekubeni khona kokusekelwa ngokomzwelo phakathi nemikhosi.”

Muva nje u-Kettner useqale ukusebenza ngqo nezikhungo zokuhlehla. Kodwa ukukhula okusheshayo kwale mboni engalawulwayo kuveza izingozi. “Akuzona izindinganiso ezifanayo yonke indawo,” kusho uKettner. U-Laura Dawn, ozinikele emithi yezitshalo yaseMelika ohambela i-Synthesis, uzwe izindaba ezishaqisayo eminyakeni yakhe engama-20 egijima futhi ehambela izindawo zokungcebeleka, imvamisa emikhosini yama-shamanist esebenzisa. ayahuasca. "Kuyisikhwama esixubile futhi abantu badinga ukwazi ukuthi bazulazula kanjani kulezi zindawo."

Usuku lokugcina lokuhlehla lwenzelwe ukusilungiselela ukuhlanganisa ama-epiphanies ethu ezimpilweni zethu. “Umsebenzi uqala lapha,” siyatshelwa. Sikhuthazwa ukuba siqhubeke sigxile ekuzinakekeleni, sibhale phansi imicabango yethu, futhi sizindle. Iqembu likhathele futhi linemizwa. Omunye wethu wayelahle ama-truffles, ephuthelwe uhambo. Wonke umuntu wabelana ngesipiliyoni esijulile.

Ukubuyela emaketangeni empilo yesimanje kunzima kancane. Ngiyaqaphela ukuthi ubuchopho bami buzizwa buhamba kancane futhi buneziponji isonto noma amabili, kodwa ngitshelwa ukuthi lokhu akukho okumele ngikhathazeke ngakho. U-Preller uthi, “Akukhona nje ukugibela okujabulisayo, nakho okukhathazayo. Kuthatha isikhathi ukululama.” Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, angigcini nje ngokubuyela ebuntwini bami obudala, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi ngingaba ngokwami kakhulu kunangaphambili.