Ayahuasca Origin
Ancient Ritual
Ayahuasca is a sacred plant medicine that has been used in ceremonial context for thousands of years. The first ceremonial cup was found in Ecuador about 2500 years ago. Traditions of the Indigenous tribes and Mestizo shamans throughout Peru, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia work with Ayahuasca using it for different purposes. Each tribe and tradition has its own unique origin story, belief system, ritual, set and setting, through which they use this medicine.
Each country and tradition has a different name for Ayahuasca, some call it Caapi, Yage, Ayahuasca. About 75 different tribes still use Ayahuasca today.Within the indigenous communities of Peru, Ayahuasca has been used for healing and divination. Predicting the future and, protecting the tribes. There is no significant written record about the history of Ayahuasca, as everything was passed on through memory and medicine, from tribe to tribe and, healer to healer. ​