Wilka Shaman Training – 16 Days

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Malacatos, Loja, Ecuador
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Up to 8 in group
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  • Return to the heart of mother earth

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Huilka (also spelled Wilka, Vilca) comes from the tree with the same name, which is found all over the Andes region of South America. The medicine is taken as a snuff, similar to the way we take Hapeh, and is made from the seeds and ashes of other plants, turned into a powder. The plant contains NN-DMT, as well as 5-MEO-DM. This medicine is very powerful and intense. The experience lasts only about an hour, but people typically see many visions; usually geometric.

She is considered to be the most sacred of all power plants in South America. During the times of the Incas, Huilka was used as their sacred medicine. It was used only by the privileged class of the Incas and was not accessible to all people. This female spirit presents herself as a young mother and has the virtues of curing terminal disease and very strong addictions. The journey with Huilka offers the chance of rebirth by showing changes that are necessary in life to become a better person. During a journey with Huilka, it is very common to see geometric patterns typical of a mathematics lesson. The spirit of the plant is very precise and strict. Mama Huilka proposes a commitment to improve all aspects of our lives and this we can experience when we know the essence of true love.

Huilka, meaning "sacred" in Kichwa, was also the named given to the Highest Priest of the Inkas. He was the man cloest to the Inka (king) and his family.

This sacred medicine is not easy to find, and there are few people who know how to work with her these days. As it was the most sacred medicine of the Inkas, they hid it, knowing the Spanish were coming. It was their treasure, the "el Dorado" the Spanish were looking for. Sometimes with Wilka, we can see a city of gold, or "el Dorado." This city was in the minds of the Inkas.

Mama Huilka might make you nauseous or vomit. This is a part of the cleansing process, similar to the other plants.

Mama Huilka can bring us to a beautiful place, and cure us of many different illnesses.

From Peru, Bolivia to northern Argentina and Chile, a sacred powder has been used since time immemorial, the use of which has remained numerous archaeological pieces known as tablets. They consist of a small wooden receptacle fitted with a handle, usually with anthropomorphic or zoomorphic representations. . The hallucinating powder was placed in the receptacle, which was inhaled with one of the many gadgets made for this purpose. Just like what happened with the cojioba on the Spanish island, or the yopo in the Orinoco basin, the sacred powder of the aborigines of the southern cone of South America was used for ceremonial purposes by shamans, caciques and priests. . Its use has become extinct and little is known about the mythology of the origin of the plant. The vegetable and the powder are known by various names such as Vilva, vilvo, vilka, Wilka Willca, huilco, hilca and vishca. Vilca or wuilka, in Quichua, is accepted as sacred. The vervo also means to guess, to predict (Vilca china or wilka china, to be guessed.) Both in Peru and Ecuador there is the place name Vilcabamba, that is, sacred plain of the Gods or divinities, where before some ceremonies or raymis. The use of vilca seeds by the aborigines of Peru and Bolivia seems very old, but it has not been possible to establish if the use predates the use of coca. In any case, the plant was considered sacred, but its use has been displaced by that of coca, especially where the Incas imposed their culture and religion on the conquered peoples. The Inca Guaman poma de Ayala, in his book Nueva Crónica y Buen Gópbierno, refers that the vilca was used in the form of an enema, once a month, as a procedure to purify the body and enter into communication with the divinities. Today it is known that substances administered by enema are absorbed with great speed and can produce almost as if they had been administered intravenously. In the initial studies and due to the similarity of their uses and effects, it was assumed that the vilca was none other than Anadenanthera Peregrina itself, one of the tropical zones, but in the regions where the vilca is used, this tree does not grow. Instead, it has been found that there is another of the same genus, being the species Anadenanthera Colubrina. The seeds contain the same psychoactive alkaloids as Anadenanthera Peregrina. The word vilca or wilka, in the Quichua region is widely used and it cannot be ruled out that it is called by this name or another or other psychoactive plants. In Argentina, the first conquerors found that the aborigines of various tribes, especially the Cemechin, inhaled the powder called cebil, with which they became intoxicated. The plant has been identified as Anandenanthera Colubrina, which is also called Corupay. Cebil contains the same psychoactive alkaloids as vilca. On the other hand, more specifically, it is known that Mama Huilka, was the sacred medicine of the Incas, they held this medicine as a treasure, obviously and as is known, the Incas had a lot of physical gold, but some legends say that the Incas had a city golden. Well, this golden city that the Incas spoke of was not a place on this physical plane, it is a level of consciousness or another dimension that can be accessed with the ceremonial consumption of Mama Huilka. The Incas, their chief shamans and especially their most important Priest called him the Wilka, which means Sacred, he was the person in charge of contact and communication between them and their divinities, he was the one who frequently handled the Huilka and used it among other things. to heal people, to know future events of the empire. It is said that they had a vision that the new white man in these lands was going to misuse the sacred plants as has happened with tobacco and coca, that is why they hid the Huilka breast as a treasure and it has been largely lost. the knowledge of it. Chemically, Mama Huilka contains 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) is an alkaloid with hallucinogenic effects of the tryptamine family. 5-MeO-DMT was first synthesized in 1936.2 In 1959 it was isolated as one of the psychoactive ingredients from the seeds of Piptadenia colubrina (now Anadenanthera colubrina) and the bark of Dictyoloma incanescens (now Dictyoloma vandellianum).

You might experience:

- Vivid and intense visions

- Amplified feelings/emotions

- An expanded capacity of consciousness

- Physical detoxification which can include nausea and sickness

- And, an altered sense of time and space

Getting Here

Location icon Corazon de Pachamama, Malacatos, Loja, Ecuador

Directions

You can fly to Loja from the Quito airport, or take a bus to Loja from Quito or Guayaquil, which are the international airports.

Accommodation

We offer private rooms and sharing rooms

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Food is for us a sacred medicine that is organized and prepared with a lot of love.

What's Included

  • All accommodation and food for 8 days
  • 21 Wilka ceremonies
  • Energetic cleansings
  • Consultation with shaman

What's Not Included

  • Flights to Ecuador

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