Rapé

Rapé – Sacred medicine from the Amazonian tribes

Rapé is a beautiful sacred powder medicine from the indigenous tribes of the Amazon. It’s made from dried very finely grounded mapacho that is mixed with ashes of herbs, roots or treebark. It is administered (blown) with a special blowpipe called “Kuripe” (self administration) or “Tepi” (another person administers).

We get our rapé straight from the tribes of the Amazon. They all produce their own specific kind of rapé blend, of which each serves a different purpose.

What is rapé

While rapé is often made of several Amazonian plants, the core of most rapé snuffs is the tobacco species Nicotiana rustica. This Amazonian tobacco, also known as mapacho, is used extensively in tribal rituals and is much stronger than Nicotiana tabacum, the type of tobacco found in cigarettes. Tobacco is a very sacred plant to indigenous people which is used for offerings, prayer and energetic cleaning. The use of tobacco by indigenous tribes in South America, such as the Kaxinawá, Nu-nu, Yawanawá, and Katukina, is profoundly entrenched in their culture, and has been employed at least since the Mayan civilisation for ritual, medicinal and recreational purposes.

In addition to the tobacco, ashes from sacred trees are also added to the rapé as an alkaliser which balances the tobacco, and then in personal recipes people may add whatever plants they want to get specific desired effects. Seeds like yopo or wilka may be added to increase the visionary properties of the rapé, or flowers might be added to instill a more feminine and nurturing energy. The appearance of a Rapé is a grey- to sand coloured, very fine and dry dust.

How it is made

The rapé is made during a lengthy and intensive ritual process to invoke the maker’s medicine and the spirits of the plants used. Making the rapé is an extremely long and labour intensive process. Shamans spend hours praying, singing, rattling and setting intentions into the rapé as it is being prepared. For this reason we treat it as an extremely sacred medicine. Indians see taking rapé as a form of prayer to mother nature. As with other sacred plant medicines it is good to set an intention before working with rapé. Just as the Indians pray, you can connect with the spirit of the plants and ask them questions.

How to use Rapé
The rapé is administered to each other with an applicator, typically made of bone or bamboo also called tepi, or it can be self-applied with a smaller applicator known as kuripe. Rapé is used in special times of the day or in certain moments that require, cleansing, grounding or focus. It helps to realign the chakras and the energies of the body. It is also meant for protection.

How to apply the rapé

General suggestion is to use a pea sized amount (50% for each nostril) of medicine for beginners, and dosage can be increased after prolonged use of a specific rapé. Also, it’s suggested that you use them within a quiet sacred space without any interruptions (optional sacred music playing) – sitting upright, either cross-legged or in a chair with eyes closed after application. Also, suggested slow breathing after application through the mouth/nose is very important. The use and application of our products is solely at the customer’s responsibility.

Scoop half of the rapé in your hand – this amount will serve your first nostril. Take 3 breaths to focus and ask for blessings. If sharing rapé with a partner, you can do these 3 breaths together as a way of connecting with each other’s energy before serving the medicine.

You can hold the pipe to your heart asking for your personal allies to bless the medicine, set an intention or focus on what you want to let go (left nostril) and what you want to welcome (right nostril) at the moment. Blow the rapé into your left nostril first. Then scoop the remaining rapé into the pipe and serve the right nostril. In this way, the left nostril is a symbolic death while the right is a symbolic rebirth. This balances the yin/yang energies of your body and mind.

This is just the beginning of what you can learn about rapé: the real benefits come from experiencing it yourself. This medicine can be a very powerful way to cleanse your body and energy, as well as connect with your spirit allies through prayer and ceremony. The real beauty of this medicine is that it can be used expertly in the hands of a master, but is still effective when used by a beginner learning on their own. Just remember to be mindful and respectful of the medicine and pray from the heart.

Healing properties

There’s a lot that can be said about rapé and it’s healing qualities. It is something that one needs to experience for themselves though as to get a proper personal experience about it’s true power.

Despite that fact, the following things can be said about rapé, to give you an indication what it’s core qualities are:

– Rapé grounds

– Rapé purifies

– Rapé protects

These are the 3 core qualities of rapé. This has it’s effect in the following ways, based upon research by different sources.

– Rapé makes the mind silent and brings one quickly and powerfully into a meditative state of being

– Rapé cleanses the physical and all energetic bodies and chakra’s

– Rapé alkalies the body in subtle yet powerful ways

– Rapé specifically seems to cleanse the pineal gland and cleanses and prevents the calcification of the pineal gland

– Rapé cleanses the sinuses of mucus, possible infections and other sources of disease

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Rapé

Kaxinawa Murici Rapé (10 Gram)

Yawanawa Rapé met Yopo (10 Gram)

Yawanawa Tsunu Rapé (10 Gram)

Cumaru de Cheiro Rapé (10 gram)

Yawanawa Sacha canela Rapé (10 gram)

Katukina Tsunu forte Rapé (10 gram)

Curanga Colombia (10 gram)

Mapacho Rapé (10 gram)

Yarumo Colombia Rapé (10 gram)

Self applicator (Taguanut Carved)

Mapacho Rol (lengte 40 cm, diameter 5cm)