At ETÉREO, the three medicines we work with, Iboga, Huachuma, and 5-MeO-DMT, have a relationship with one another. Over years of working with them, we have come to understand where they complement each other, where one can support preparation or integration for another, and, just as importantly, when a medicine needs to stand entirely on its own.

We are generally cautious about combining medicines. Each has its own character, spirit, and process, and we believe in giving each one enough space to do its work. For that reason, our medicines are primarily offered separately. At times, one may also become a supportive preparation or integration tool within a larger arc of work.

Huachuma and 5-MeO-DMT are a particular exception. We have found this pairing can be meaningful when the medicines are offered as separate experiences within the same carefully held container, with time between them for rest, reflection, and integration.

Huachuma is long and spacious. Over the course of the day, emotions, memories, relationships, physical sensations, and familiar patterns may become easier to see. There is time to stay with what comes forward rather than rushing toward an answer. Sometimes that means moving through something difficult. Sometimes it means seeing something familiar from an entirely different place. Sometimes it is simply recognizing what has been there all along.

5-MeO-DMT creates a very different kind of experience. Rather than giving us more material to examine, it can radically interrupt the usual ways we experience ourselves and the world.