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Ep. 186 - Luis Eduardo Luna - Plant Doctors, Ayahuasca, Anthropology, & Bridging of Worlds
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- The Universe Within Podcast
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- Feb 25, 2026
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- 8144
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Summary
Hey everybody! Episode 186 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Luis Eduardo Luna. Luis is one of the luminaries in the field of plant medicine as has a career that spans nearly seven decades. He has worked alongside and learned from some of the greats such as Richard Evans Schultes, R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hoffman, Pablo Amaringo, the McKenna’s, Dolmatoff, and many more. We spoke about his life growing up in Colombia, his early years in a Catholic monastery, how a chance encounter with Terrance McKenna and ingesting yagé changed the course of his life and work, and the extraordinary life he lived and created as one of the pioneers of researching the idea of plant intelligence and how indigenous groups of the Americas used plants to shape their cosmosvisions. It was a fascinating conversation and I was very happy and honored to have Luis on. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy! To learn more about or contact Luis Eduardo Luna, visit his website at: https://www.wasiwaska.org For informaiton about Luis’ upcoming October seminar, visit: https://www.wasiwaska.org/seminar/amazonia-an-anthropogenic-rainforest-biological-diversity-cultural-plurality-and-indigenous-consciousness-exploration// For information about Luis’ personal collection of Pablo Amaringo’s artwork: visit: https://trueamaringos.com To see Luis’ documentary Don Emilio y sus Doctorcitos , visit: https://youtu.be/2NJBnCKSjmM?si=5AyqkaJhjkavnhj7 To learn more about our work, visit our website: https://NicotianaRustica.org To view the recent documentary, Sacred Tobacco, about my work, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_w I will be guiding our next plant medicine dietas with my colleague Merav Artzi (who I…