Getting bogged down in his pedigree is perhaps a distraction, as once you seal the pact with the mother by drinking her divine essence all bets are off and any negative side effects or gnostic revelations are brought about by you alone. All men like Francis can really do is provide a space of non judgement, and peace. Some healers may develop the ritual into something more, but this is the service I felt Francis provided to me, and many others.

Is it safe to say the man in ceremony is slightly different than the man outside of ceremony?

Did Francis make many claims that I personally did not for a second believe? Yes, but I myself can make many spiritual claims that will produce nothing but the most scathing criticism from any reasonable observer. Obviously, I’m not asking anyone to believe anything.

Ok, you just won me. I love you Steve. Keep keepin on! I hope to meet face to face :)

You cannot be a day tripper in the realm of the spirits. Every approach you make to the spirits entails reciprocal obligations. What those obligations are is a matter between you and the spirits, but at the very least they require gratitude and humility.

You cannot just go to the spirits and expect them to give you what you want. They may well have other plans for you. In fact, rather than asking — or, as some people do, demanding — that they heal you, or transform you, or make you into someone else, just pour out your heart to them in prayer. Do not go to them with requests or demands or even expectations. Tell them what you need; tell them what you fear; tell them what you regret. Speak to them honestly from your heart, and then listen to their response devoutly with your heart.

The spirits want you to be a human being, in right relationship with all persons, both human and other-then-human. Allow them to show you how. Do not block them by telling them to heal you or turn you into a healer. Perhaps you will be a healer in a way completely different from what you expect. Perhaps they will heal you, or perhaps you will be a healer who is himself wounded or broken. Put aside expectations. Pray with an open heart; weep for your vision.

If you must ask for something, ask them to be your teachers. Ask them to give you a gift, not for yourself but for your people.

At least that is what I have tried to do, with little success, often requiring the spirits to teach me humility with a two-by-four. :-) Your mileage may vary.

Thanks so much for your great work and energy.

Jon

“He is an Elk Dreamer and Keeper of the Fire of Quetzalcoatl, and he has been initiated into the Khemetic Mysteries of Egypt, the Tibetan Buddhist path of Dzogchen, the Gnostic Mysteries of the Rosicrucians, the Yucatec Mayan path of Puts’yaj, and the Yoruba Ifa path of Nigeria as a Babalao.”

Yeah, I knew him. All I can say to this passage is CITATION NEEDED.

If I understand you correctly, you are saying that you will join a church in order to drink ayahuasca, regardless of whether you share its beliefs, support its mission, or acknowledge its hierarchy. If I have that wrong, I would be happy to be corrected.