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title: "1 Ayahuasca Quotes By Fred Alan Wolf"
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> [ A lot of things occurred to me with shamans in Peru.There were a number of different kinds of experiences that you learn from doing ritual and taking ayahuasca \[a common tropical forest hallucinogen\] is the key to understanding the native… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/a-lot-of-things-occurred-to-me-with-shamans-in-peru-there-were-a/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

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## Other authors on Ayahuasca

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-conrad-gessner-24999.jpg) Gerard Armond Powell 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ayahuasca/gerard-armond-powell/)
- [Jennifer Sodini 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ayahuasca/jennifer-sodini/)

## More by Fred Alan Wolf

> [ I want to explain the new alchemy \[in the "From Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to a New Vision of Mind and Time"\], which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/i-want-to-explain-the-new-alchemy-in-the-from-earth-air-fire-and/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [We find that alchemy has to do with magicians or magic and may even have roots in the Chaldean people who lived in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/we-find-that-alchemy-has-to-do-with-magicians-or-magic-and-may-even/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Certainly in terms of technology, it's made a tremendous impact, but medicine is still within the realm of what we might call "objective" science.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/certainly-in-terms-of-technology-it-s-made-a-tremendous-impact-but/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Alchemy and Kabbalah are later developments in my thinking. I think the primary interest has been the relationship of magic and mystery to logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/alchemy-and-kabbalah-are-later-developments-in-my-thinking-i-think/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [To understand that, we have to begin to imagine what a universe would be like if there wasn't anything in it called Mind. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/to-understand-that-we-have-to-begin-to-imagine-what-a-universe-would/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Dreams - Language in a dream is unspoken but understood. Words get in the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/dreams-language-in-a-dream-is-unspoken-but-understood-words-get-in/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [I'm not talking to you from the point of view of wishful thinking or imaginary craziness. i'm talking to you from a deeper, basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/i-m-not-talking-to-you-from-the-point-of-view-of-wishful-thinking-or/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [In the new alchemy, we have a similar kind of way of thinking. Our internal space includes our intuitions, our thoughts, our senses and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/in-the-new-alchemy-we-have-a-similar-kind-of-way-of-thinking-our/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [When I worked with various healers of one kind or another, very often what came up was that there was an "inner" person who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/when-i-worked-with-various-healers-of-one-kind-or-another-very-often/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Reality gets created through acts of observation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/reality-gets-created-through-acts-of-observation/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Asking yourself deeper questions opens up new ways of being in the world. It brings in a breath of fresh air. It makes life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/asking-yourself-deeper-questions-opens-up-new-ways-of-being-in-the/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Chemistry comes about through the transformation of earth, air, fire and water. All chemistry is just movement within those things, and so we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/chemistry-comes-about-through-the-transformation-of-earth-air-fire/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Every book I write is filled with ideas to open people's minds. And many of my books are intended for the lay mind, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/every-book-i-write-is-filled-with-ideas-to-open-people-s-minds-and/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [Medicine could have pretty far-reaching effects once we begin to look at the kinds of things that people can do to induce transformation in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/medicine-could-have-pretty-far-reaching-effects-once-we-begin-to-look/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

> [The shamanic realm is to get you out of the word set. For skeptics, that's impossible, and they just can't see that and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-alan-wolf/the-shamanic-realm-is-to-get-you-out-of-the-word-set-for-skeptics/)

[Fred Alan Wolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-alan-wolf/)

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