The Nixi Pae or Huni Pae ritual, as the Huni Kuin call it, is the ceremony in which ayahuasca is consecrated. Nixi is the vine, Pae is the force, and the ritual is one of the basic elements of the ancestral culture of these forest people.

Ayahuasca has been around for millenia, and pajés have been experimenting and relating to this medicine, bringing to their communities an experience of awakening of consciousness and deep connection with the forces of nature.

In the forest, the ceremonies are held to bring healing to the families, to bring understanding and harmonize situations, to understand the past, to foresee the future and to awaken to the present.

As the shamans (“pajés”) say: The true “pajé” is the medicine itself, the “nixi pae” and it’s spirit. The mysteries of ayahuasca were revealed by the boa constrictor, the transcendental serpent.

Through the “huni meka”, sacred chants transmitted for millennia from father to son, grandparents to grandchildren, the “nixi pae” spirit is summoned forth and guided, invoking the enchanted spirits of the forest. These spirits include: plants, animals (the boa constrictor, harpy eagle, jaguar, birds, butterflies, beetles, crickets, frogs, deer, etc) and sacred patterns “kene” (water, sun, moon, stars, bush, the wind, the day, the night, the masculine, the feminine, thought and consciousness) Each spirit is “yuxibu”, a divine manifestation of the great spirit, or God.

The ancient medicine of “rapé”, is also used. Applied by the shamans, this blend of tobacco and ashes from the bark of specific trees works synergistically with the nixi pae.

Opening each person’s connection with their own essence and thus with the divine, the ritual of the nixi pae gives to each person whatever needs to be lived, felt, understood, to be as close as possible to yuxibu, to be the purest manifestation of yuxibu. Healing, learning and evolution that comes with the awakening of the essence, the true inner nature, through contact with the pure vibration of the Forest.

The ritual carried out by the Guardians follows, as traditionally as possible, the way in which the indigenous people practice this ancient ceremony; and the experience gained by the group since 2005 contribues to support the experience of the urban participants.
The ritual unfolds in a completely organic way, there is no predefined order for the chants. What is known is that there is a beginning, a middle and an end.

To begin with, the traditional chants call for strength. Then the force expands for the visions and the teachings to come. Then comes the healing, and gradually we are called back to the body, emanating lightness and joy.

The pajés, with the assistance of the guardians, are like channels for yuxibu and the beings of the forest to manifest, through their chants, which are sung according to the moment and considering how the energy is flowing for each person and for the current as a whole, in a completely intuitive way.

Guardians are dedicated to serving and watching over the current, acting as facilitators of the experience and being available for any kind of assistance that might be necessary, working on the physical plane as well as the energetic and spiritual planes.

The ritual begins at night and goes on until the early hours of the morning, and includes the musical participation of the guardians and guests of other ayahuasca houses throughout the last hours of the ceremony.

You never know exactly what will happen during the ritual. Each one is unique, just like each pajé, each person present and their journeys, each medicine and each moment within this universe.

The only thing you know is that in the end, everyone is feeling well, with renewed energy and a new level of awareness. An ancient science, deep and secure, with protection and through the forces of nature.

The Indigenous leaders and the guardians work for the welcoming of and the alliance with all ayahuasca cultures and manifestations that carry this science of the forest with care; as well as with the diversity of shamanic traditions and spiritual lines of the planet, who share this same purpose of unconditional healing and love, and reconnection with nature and the divine.