It is said to heal on spiritual, psychological and physical levels, and has even been proven to attack cancer.
Our guide was a modern shaman by the name of Lesley - a thoroughly positive and loving lady with lots of experience and a whole 'army' of plants in her magical garden where the ceremony took place high above Cuzco in the shadow of an ancient Inca temple of the moon where a black lamb was sacrificed each solstice.
San Pedro has the consistency of snot with a mild bitter taste so it's best to take it in one go and follow it up with a sweet.
Whilst we were at Lesley's house 3 native peruvian indians came to perform a ceremony to celebrate mother earth's birthday - which, lucky her lasts all August - even longer than Wendy's birthdays! These guys live above 6000m and are very in tune with the spirit of nature. Their tribe fled high into the mountains when the bastid Spanish invaded 500 yrs ago. They only started coming back down 15 yrs ago to sell their tribe's handicrafts for profit for their community. A very special occasion we were lucky to be part of.
