Ayahuasca (yage) is a brew made of Banisteriopsis caapi vine (vine of the soul), often in combination with various other plants. It is a natural spiritual medicine used by indigenous people from the Amazonian Peru. Many people who have consumed ayahuasca have spiritual awakenings regarding their purpose on earth, the true nature of the universe and insights into how they can tap into their infinite potential by accessing other dimensions and existences in space-time. There is an enzyme in your stomach that is in charge of breaking down compounds such as histamine, adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, melatonin, etc. called the monoamine oxidase enzyme which also breaks down dimethyltryptamine (DMT), when taken orally. Auahuasca is the name of the brew but also that of the vine. There are many different types of brews called ayahuasca simply because it is the fundamental ingredient in all of them. The vine alone, is a strong purgative and has been said to produce visionary states. It contains a family of chemicals called the harmala alkaloids, which are the source of the purge but are also an inhibitor of the monoamine oxidase enzyme, or MAOI. There are a number of other plants that could potentially be added to the brew from here. Commonly, Chacruna or Wambesa are added as helper plants that contain DMT and increase the intensity of the visions. Mapacho is commonly added. It contains nicotine and harmala alkaloids. Many other plants can be added to the mix, not all being for chemically obvious medicinal purposes. Specific plants can be added by the shaman to treat certain conditions.

Every individual has vortices of energy in their etheric body (the subtle body closest to the physical body) that spin energy in from their astral body (the bridge between the physical plane and the spiritual plane) and beyond. The seven major body chakras are aligned along the vertical mid-line from the base of the spine to the top of the head. Like a radar dish in a research center, the chakras serve as memory banks, storing vast quantities of information from previous and current lifetimes, as well as possibilities in the future. You can think of them as rotating tetrahedrons that receive and radiate their own level of consciousness or sensations of awareness of energy, acting as transformers to specific points where there are nerve plexus or ganglia. The nerve centers that translate the vibrations received in the area are generating nerve responses that are experienced on a physical level. These responses are the re-actions people experience as feelings that have a direct influence on their daily lives, whether they acknowledge that influence or not.

Vectors are used in science to describe anything that has both direction and magnitude. They are usually drawn, in equations as pointed arrows, the length of which represents the vector’s magnitude. For instance, wind has a vectorial quantity because it blows in a certain direction at a certain speed. If you think about a quarterback throwing a pass down the field, the ball has both direction and magnitude depending on how hard it was thrown. In an equation representing this action, the direction of the vector arrow marks the ball’s direction and the length represents the speed of the ball. The only possible geometry that is in equilibrium in all vectorial directions (other than the sphere) is the cuboctahedron because the length of the radiating vectors and the edge vectors are equal. In this book, I am referring to the vector as the moment in time and space that has the direction and the magnitude to qualify an answer that determines the best position to take in relation to one point of space with another.

The definition of an oracle is something that is regarded as a reliable and sure guide. Oracles can be used to nudge us towards intuitive insight and guidance. The card(s) chosen reflect the answer(s) back through our Higher Self.