Lineage & Training
I started working with Ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon before the advent of Ayahuasca tourism. For 15 years I ran ceremonies exclusively for and with the native Peruvian population; both tribal and acculturated. My first teachers were Doctor Jorge Gonzalez Ramirez and Don Solón Tello Lozano. By the time I started working with the Shipibo shamans; Pancho, Benjamin, Manuel, and Mario of the great Mahua family, I was a shaman in my own right and accepted as such. For many years The Mahua family and I worked together on local Peruvians night after night...then the tourists began trickling in.
Now unfortunately because of the high demand there has been a proliferation of "sacha" shamans; people without proper training are running ceremonies and are in it strictly for the money. The shamans that I take people to in Peru are some of the few remaining old timers with extraordinary skills, unbroken lineages of knowledge, and impeccable integrity.
- Maestro Chononita