Health Canada Exemption Approved
As of July 4th, 2023, the Companionship of the Sacred Vine (CSV) has been granted an exemption by Health Canada to conduct legal ayahuasca ceremonies. DETAILS HERE.
The Companionship of the Sacred Vine
Ayahuasca has gained public interest around the world but the religious and cultural roots of the Shipibo people who serve this ancestral medicine often get overlooked.
Shipibo shamans are world-renowned for their mastery of ancestral medicines, however ayahuasca and other Amazonian plant medicines are only one facet of this culturally rich faith.
The Axeti Nete faith provides us with a way of navigating through this world based on ancient cultural knowledge and practices. Axeti Nete gives us an ancient societal structure in which to practice and refine the teachings of our master plant spirits and forest guides.
Axeti Nete is an egalitarian religion. It allows us to spiritually nurture ourselves as human beings which strengthens individuals and by extension our families and humanity’s larger societal networks.
We all become more grounded and healthy through our spiritual practices as codified in Axeti Nete.
Axeti Nete posits that true liberation and understanding must involve the whole of humanity and not just individuals or groups.
Separation by belief, creed, nationality or faith is counter productive to humanity’s collective awakening which can be achieved through Axeti Nete spiritual practices as well as other spiritual practices..
This is the human-centric approach of the Axeti Nete faith. Every individual is vitally important to mankind’s spiritual redemption.
These beliefs have existed since before the establishment of countries and the western subjugation of the Americas. The Companionship of the Sacred Vine follows the traditional Axeti Nete religion of the Amazon basin and works directly with our Shipibo Onanyas in all aspects of our operations.
A key tenet of our religion is the use of two Shipibo master plants – the sacred ayahuasca vine and its sister plant Chacruna which we collectively call the sacred plant medicine ayahuasca.
Ayahuasca is a self-aware entity that, when ingested, allows people to experience their own divinity and the sentience of all animate and inanimate matter.
This gives our members increased clarity, a deeper understanding and acceptance of themselves as human beings, increased integration into family and community and a general respect and appreciation for all living things. It rekindles the joy of life and our own self-love.
Our ceremonies are based on traditional Shipibo religious practices but we also understand that these practices are living practices and are meant to expand and evolve as our own understanding expands and evolves.
The purpose of our ceremonies is for each Companionship member to discover their own path of spiritual development, enlightenment and to find their own inner spiritual voice.
Our ceremony facilitators are here to provide assistance to our members in this process.
The CSV will only practice our ceremonies when it is legal to do so.
We do not adhere to a static doctrine or set of practices. The Companionship is a collaboration, a living and evolving organization based on the teachings of the master plants and the collective wisdom of our membership.
The Companionship is guided by the wisdom of the plants and our own humanity. All Companionship activities and undertakings are based on our publicly-stated set of values.
Upholding these values and putting them into practice is the responsibility of everyone who chooses to become a member of the Companionship.
We encourage and support our member’s participation not only in their own spiritual development in the ceremonies but in all aspects of the Companionship’s operations and practices.
We wish you all the best in your quest for spiritual development and we remain your faithful servants in this regard. May you find the light, love, beauty and joy that you so richly deserve,
The Companionship of the Sacred Vine