What is Ayahuasca? Interview w/Maestro Remi Deluane

What is Ayahuasca? Interview w/Maestro Remi Deluane

From SENSESPACE by Jacob Kishere

September 20, 2025 · 38 min

About this episode

Jacob Kishere interviews Maestro Remi Delaune about Ayahuasca and its integration with Christianity and Shipibo traditions.

Integrating Christianity and Ayahuasca. Recorded at Nihue Rao, Peru [March 2025] In March 2025 I journeyed to Nihue Rao in Iquitos Peru for my most significant ‘diet’ with the Plant Medicine of Ayahuasca to date. The retreat was held by Maestro Remi Delaune, and his Shipibo teacher Maestro Ricardo Amaringo. I first experienced Remi’s works at ‘Kumankaya’ the remarkable healing center he and his wife Ashley built in the jungle of México. As a curandero he brings a one of a kind mixture of presence, humor, devotion to the medicine and indescribable Icaros. His near 20 years as an Orthodox monk in France and transition to a deep study of Shipibo Ayahuasca medicine make him a unique teacher on the experiential, mystical and synergistic integration of Christianity and Plant Medicine. Remi’s work represents a key inspiration for my ongoing project ‘Christianity Beyond Itself’. We recorded this impromptu interview exploring what Ayahuasca is and and Remi’s understanding of the relationship between Ayahuasca, Christianity and the Shipibo tradition. He shares the key practices of the Curandero, the idea of a ‘natural pentecost’ and the importance of a strong spiritual practice when…

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Guest: Remi Delaune

Topics covered

  • Ayahuasca
  • Christianity
  • Shipibo tradition
  • Curandero practices

Keywords

  • plant medicine
  • spiritual practice
  • natural pentecost

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Shipibo, Icaros, Curandero, Ayahuasca

Books & works: Christianity Beyond Itself

Places: Nihue Rao, Peru, Iquitos Peru, México, France

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