Note: This testimonial was written by A.M. a woman who was a "patient" of Alberto Jose Varela (aka Antonio Maino) for nearly one year.  Due to their vulnerable condition people who seek healing are often easy to manipulate. It is therefore essential that therapists maintain impeccable ethical standards in their work. Unfortunately for A.M. she crossed paths with...

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Note: The following testimony comes form T. a person who spent almost a year working with Ayahuasca International (aka Inner Mastery) and went though a number of cycles in the European Ayahuasca School. We encourage others to share their own testimonies by contacting us at conoci.a.varela@hushmail.com THE EUROPEAN AYAHUASCA SCHOOL The email I received with an invitation from...

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The publication of the letter from Cofán authorities, denouncing Alberto Varela and his organization Ayahuasca International / Inner Mastery was followed by a letter of support signed by the world's top 100 ayahuasca experts and academics, which was published in one of Colombia's most prestigious newspapers. Varela answered the letter by deflecting attention. "A small part of the...

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This is the letter that started it all: Ayahuasca International (AI) spent years showing two letters of permission signed by Cofán indigenous authorities.  AI claimed the letters gave them permission to work work with ayahuasca.  Recently the same indigenous authorities wrote a new letter (below) claiming those two letters were forgeries and denying Varela and his organization Ayahuasca...

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