Dear friends, We know many of you have been waiting for an update from us and we’re grateful for your patience. All of you with whom we are connected in some way or who have been anticipating coming to experience a retreat with us have been very present in our hearts and minds since we […]

Dear friends, I am writing to share important news from the Temple on the coronavirus situation, the actions that we are taking, the impact that it is having on our work in the Amazon, and our view of what this represents as an opportunity to individually and collectively build resilience and raise consciousness in this […]

Dear Friends, As you may know, over the past 4 years, The International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS), in collaboration with the Beckley Foundation, conducted a large research initiative at the Temple of the Way of Light. Through this study, they have generated exciting new evidence on the therapeutic potential of ayahuasca […]

In the Paleozoic era, sand made from particles of primeval volcanic matter washed up on the shores of the supercontinent Pangea (derived from the Greek pan – “all,” and Gaia – “mother Earth” or “land”). Around this time, tiny nonvascular plants known as bryophytes evolved from unicellular algae in the great ocean, marking the beginning […]

A friend recently asked me how I was doing. Without thinking too much, I said: “I’m a little bit more brokenhearted, and a little bit more whole.” She needed an explanation, and I didn’t follow up with the conversation. I’ve been feeling that answer for the last few days, giving it space, letting it sink […]

Dear Temple community, From May 31st to June 1st, we had the great honor and pleasure of attending the third World Ayahuasca Conference, in beautiful Girona, Catalonia. The conference was organized by our friends from ICEERS and we were proud sponsors alongside many friends and allies. The conference comes at a pivotal moment for the […]

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Maestra Olivia Arévalo. She was killed on Thursday 19th April, shot multiple times allegedly by a Canadian man near her home in Victoria Gracia, a community close to Pucallpa in Peru’s central Amazon region of Ucayali. We hope that the authorities in Pucallpa will now lead […]

Dear Family of the Temple, I wish you a happy new year and a wonderful new journey around the sun. Many of you have joined us at our rainforest home in the Peruvian amazon, and are aware of the multi-faceted nature of the healing work that we offer to our global ayahuasca family. Besides the […]

This summer, The Temple of the Way of Light and the Chaikuni Institute proudly partnered, once again, with Breaking Convention, a multidisciplinary conference on psychedelic consciousness, featuring more than 150 presenters from around the world, including our Research Coordinator Adam Andros Aronovich. This amazing conference took place at the University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval […]