What I Learnt Filming Shamans & Ayahuasca Ceremonies In the Amazon Rainforest: Victoria Lynn Carroll

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/K1w1fVk0GMg

In this episode, I interview Victoria Lynn Carroll, the director of the award-winning 'She Is A Shaman' - a meditative documentary that follows an ayahuasca shaman who balances hallucinatory rituals and her unusual daily. The film explores the difference between the idolized shamanic figure and who they really are.

Watch 'She Is A Shaman': https://youtu.be/Lra4c4LwCBw?si=Y0twCfZs_30ZrT8m

The Human Podcast explores stories & ideas about being human.

Timestamps

0:00 - What is 'She Is A Shaman'?

3:12 - The History of Ayahuasca

3:46 - Why People Take It

6:14 - Shamans Believe Ayahuasca Is Sentient

6:58 - What Are Shamans Like?

9:19 - The Paradox About Ordinary Shamans

11:33 - Experience Filming Ayahuasca Ceremonies

13:03 - Why Make This Film?

15:56 - My Ayahuasca Experience

17:21 - Science vs. Spirituality Explaining Ayahuasca

21:16 - DMT vs. Ayahuasca

24:49 - Was The Film A Healing Process?

27:05 - Why Watch This Film?

28:30 - Who Should & Should NOT Take It?

30:12 - Psychedelics Helping Society

32:20 - Voice Acting Career

35:08 - Why I Took Ayahuasca

37:47 - Ayahuasca Helped My Trauma

41:55 - Next Film: 'O God'

44:03 - What Makes a Good Life?

Guest - Victoria Lynn Carroll

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/incertaspecie

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6IxClbWJ8X6yKQIwQTeITw

Website - https://www.victorialynncarroll.com/

Substack - https://substack.com/@victorialynncarroll

IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3055998/

The Human Podcast

𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehumanpodcastinsta

Support the show - https://buymeacoffee.com/thehumanpodcast

Audio License

MB01ISGEO0XN8EK"