Rapé, Therapeutic Potential

Rapé, Therapeutic Potential

Rapé, the Amazon’s Sacred Snuff Rapé is a Mapacho-based snuff used in South American shamanism. It is also known as rapeh, hapé, and hapay (the spelling that most closely corresponds to the English pronunciation). It is a powdered plant mixture, usually...
Demystifying Shamanic Medicine

Demystifying Shamanic Medicine

The word “shaman” comes from the ancient South American word “šaman” which means “the one who knows.” Shamanism is essentially the practice of knowing: knowing oneself, others and the world around us. Long before we had doctors of Western medicine, one would look to a...