Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What is Dragonfly Temple's sacrament?

Our sacrament is 5-MEO-DMT, a powerful entheogen also known as Bufo. An entheogen is a chemical substance, typically derived from nature, ingested to produce a non-ordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes. Our sacred sacrament is the glandular secretion of Bufo Alvarius, a magical toad that resides in the Sonoran Desert. This gift of the toad allows us the profound experience of transcending, ego-illusion, allowing us to rise into the 12th dimensional angelic light plane, and brings us into the presence of Divine love, Divine intelligence and Source Creator. It provides many evolving benefits including somatic release, trauma release, self-love, deep healing and sometimes mystical experiences.

What is the Dragonfly Temple Fellowship?

Our entheogenic church fellowship is a nurturing community where like-minded individuals come together to support one another in their journey of healing the mind, body, and soul. We provide a safe and uplifting space to connect, grow, and deepen your path of transformation.

What will I experience when I take the sacrament?

One can experience many forms of expression during a journey with our sacrament. One of the most common experiences is what is termed in the Sanskrit word Samadhi, which is a non-dualistic state of consciousness where the individual feels at one with the universe and all living beings. This experience is often described as union with God or Christ consciousness. The hallmark of this experience in the context of a Bufo journey is the death or transcendence of ego.

The level of power and beauty often make it very difficult for participants to describe such a profound experience in words. Visionary hallucinations are rare, but an experience of being surrounded by a vast field of fractal, white light and having feelings of mother earth’s unconditional love and a profound sense of deep comfort and safety. When returning to consciousness, most participants feel that they have received healing or even Divine messages.

It’s important to mention that each individuals journey will be unique. While unpleasant experiences are not the norm, the sacrament can be intensely disorienting for some. As suppressed trauma and shadow material rises to the surface, some participants may experience, sadness, anger, or even feelings of depersonalization. These kinds of feelings are a normal and temporary part of the process for some and any of these issues will be attended by the experienced temple staff who will be holding space with you during your journey. Frequently the problem of unpleasant experiences is caused by the ego’s unwillingness to surrender to the process of the sacrament. This highlights the importance of being prepared to Surrender. It is advised to practice this surrender mindset in the days leading up to your ceremony.

Remember to be gentle with yourself as healing can sometimes be painful, ugly, and intense. This is because the medicine must go deeper than the wound. However your journey unravels, we believe that all expressions are perfectly Divine for each individuals highest good, which is the purpose for our celebration of this gift from God, our sacrament 5-MEO-DMT.

How do I prepare myself to take the sacrament?

Preparation before an Entheogenic journey is crucial for several reasons. It helps create a safe and supportive environment, reduces the risk of adverse reactions, and allows individuals to approach the experience with intention and mindfulness, potentially enhancing its therapeutic and spiritual healing benefits.

Here are some tools that can help in preparation before the Sacramento journey with 5-MEODMT:

Kambo

Kambo is a traditional healing ritual performed in many South American countries. Kambo is a poisonous substance that the giant monkey frog secretes. Phyllomedusa bi-color is the frog’s scientific name. A shaman healer performs the ceremony, which involves burning the person‘s shoulder leg or foot and then applying a Kambo secretion to the wound. These burns may leave scars. Many indigenous tribes in urban populations use the cleanse for a number of reasons. Traditionally, hunters would participate in the rituals to heighten their senses and stamina before a hunt. Proponents believe that the Kambo can purify the physical body of toxic substances, as well as purify the mind and spirit of negative energy within the individual. People may use. Kambo, before an antigenic journey for detoxification and spiritual healing. It cleanses the body, purchase toxins, and enhances mental clarity. These benefits may help prepare individuals for a more profound and focused experience during their journey with our sacrament. Keep in mind that practices vary, an individual experiences with Kambo can differ. DISCLAIMER: please ensure your well-being and undergo a medical screening before engaging in Kambo. It is recommended to avoid receiving Kambo on the same day as our sacrament. Allow a minimum of a 24 hour interval between medicines.

Breathwork

Breathwork encompasses various techniques that involve conscious control of breathing. Benefits may include stress, reduction, improve focus, enhanced, emotional well-being, and relaxation. Breath Work serves as an excellent alternative for those not ready for Kambo healing, facilitating, somatic release, and trauma clearance before undergoing the sacrament. Breath work before an Entheogenic journey is believed to enhance the experience by altering your consciousness and promoting relaxation. It can oxygenate the body, induce a meditative state, and potentially intensify the effects of our sacrament.

Meditation

Meditation is a practice that involves focusing the mind in eliminating distractions to achieve a state of relaxation or heightened awareness. There are many meditation styles including mindfulness meditation, transcendental, meditation, loving kindness, meditation, Zen, meditation, guided meditation, body, scan, meditation, chakra meditation, and Vipassana meditation. Research and choose a style based on your goals and preferences for a more personalized experience.

Yoga

Yoga is a mind, body practice that combines physical postures, breath, control, meditation, and ethical principles. Some benefits of yoga include improved flexibility, increased strength, stress, reduction, enhanced mental, focus, and overall well-being. Yoga also promotes deep relaxation and a better night sleep. Yoga can be beneficial before an entheogenic experience as it helps, align the mind and body, promoting increased awareness and relaxation. This may enhance receptivity to the effects of our sacrament , laying a foundation of harmony and mindfulness.

Setting Intentions

Before a journey with our sacrament, it is often considered important to set one’s intentions as it helps, guide the experience and focus the mind on specific goals or outcomes. Provide a framework for self reflection, personal growth, and spiritual exploration during the journey. Having clear intentions may contribute to potentially reducing the likelihood of a challenging journey.

Practice Surrender

When embarking on an entheogenic journey, it is essential to trust the process and to let go of the need to control. It’s about accepting whatever arises, facing different emotions, and being open to insights and messages he may receive. Your ceremony space should be a safe and comfortable environment, and the journey should be approached with an open mind, releasing all attachments. Do the very best that you can and do not feel ashamed if you find the surrendering to be difficult.

Preparation Call

A call before a Sacramental journey is crucial as it provides proper guidance, addresses, questions, and ensures participants are spiritually and emotionally prepared for the sacred experience ahead. It helps foster a deeper understanding and connection to the significance of the sacrament and the individuals intentions.

Preparation Diet

Preparing for an entheogenic journey with our Sacrament 5-MEO-DMT (Bufo) involves a specific diet to enhance the experience in minimize potential complications. Certain foods may interact with the sacrament affecting absorption or intensify side effects. Additionally, a clean and mindful diet can contribute to a more focused and spiritually conducive environment for the experience. DISCLAIMER: we are not licensed medical professionals and under no circumstances should any responses be considered as medical advice. This includes any suggestion to discontinue prescribed medications.

Things to Avoid 7 Days Prior to Ceremony

Recreational drugs
Micro dosing of any Entheogenic substances
Prescription drugs (3 days prior)
Alcohol
Red meat
Sex
Nicotine
Melatonin
5 HTP supplements
No testosterone (only discontinue if taken for bodybuilding)
Neuro peptides
Violent movies, novels or images

***No caffeine the morning of ceremony as it can spike your blood pressure***

*** If you have asthma, please bring your inhaler.***

***Pregnant women may not consume the sacrament***

*Note- Persons must not have serotonin, MAO inhibitors or antidepressants in their bloodstream. It is not safe for people with high blood pressure, heart, problems, lung problems, or psychiatric issues to take the sacrament. Our sacrament contains Bufotoxin, which is a vasoconstrictor. People taking high blood pressure medication are eligible to receive the sacrament only if they maintain a well controlled healthy blood pressure. A doctors letter confirming the individual stable blood pressure is necessary to partake in the sacrament.

What does a Dragonfly Temple ceremony involve and how long does it take?

After checking in at the designated time, we ask all participants to stay until the end of our ceremony for the integration and closing circle. We will check everyone’s blood pressure and heart rate before the ceremony to ensure safety. Participants will be asked to sign a release of liability, waiver, and a photo release. If you do not want to be photographed, you can be excluded from signing the photo release.

If you are experiencing a fever, flu, like symptoms or have been exposed to anyone who has test positive for COVID-19, please do not attend our ceremony.

Please bring proper identification, showing that you are 21+. No one under the age of 21 is permitted to sit with our sacrament.

Please bring yoga mat, pillow, blanket, and other comfort items.

Please dress comfortably and warm do not wear clothing that is tight on the body.

Bring a bottle of water.

We provide chef prepared Vegan dishes that are free of added oils, gluten, and sugar. This nourishment is prepared with love and prayers in order to ensure a smooth integration process after your journey with the sacrament. If you have special diet restrictions, please bring snacks and a meal.

Additional items and considerations:
*** We do not charge for the sacrament, but your contribution goes towards meals, accommodations and travel expenses for practitioners and volunteers.
*** No children, pets, or non-participants are allowed. No exceptions. This is a sacred space and we do not allow spectators.
*** We do not allow cell phones or any filming in our ceremony space (with the exception of Dragonfly Temple staff and volunteers).
*** The use of any drugs during the ceremony is strictly prohibited.
*** Remember that this is a time in place for healing and to reconnect, not a recreational getaway.

Please remember and try your best to arrive in surrender mode. It is normal to feel anxious or even scared. Just remember to breathe into trust the divine process. Please dissolve expectations and be open to whatever messages, healing or energies our sacrament will offer you. It helps some people to have a clear intention while others find it beneficial just to remain open.

How many times should I sit with the sacrament?

As we are all completely individuals, it varies widely from person to person when it comes to how many times one should sit with our Sacred Sacrament.

This brings up the importance of integration. How are you using your experience with the sacrament as a tool to improve your life? Have you been able to apply those epiphanies to your daily habits? The power is ultimately in your hands when it comes to how deeply the sacrament can touch your life. Our sacrament is not a cure all, but put simply a very powerful tool, that helps us get closer and closer to expressing our authentic selves. Some may find it easy to integrate the messages quickly, while others may take much longer to unpack and work through the shadow parts of themselves.

No matter what pace you are working at, we recommend that you plan a 30 day interval between ceremonies to allow your integration to level out.

What are the differences between drugs and entheogenic medicines?

Certainly! Here’s a concise explanation:

Drugs and entheogenic medicines differ primarily in their purpose, origin, and relationship with the body. Drugs, often synthetic, are designed to target specific symptoms or conditions, sometimes with unintended side effects. In contrast, entheogenic medicines, such as our sacrament, are natural substances that work holistically with the brain and body’s systems to promote healing, balance, and transformation. Entheogenic medicines often aim to address root causes of imbalances, supporting the mind, body, and spirit in alignment with nature aka Pacha-mama.

What are the differences between NN-DMT vs 5-Meo-DMT?

It is very common to get these two molecules confused. While both compounds are powerfully psychoactive tryptamines, their affects differ greatly.

DMT is often referred to as the spirit molecule for generating surreal, visionary journeys that may involve encounters with supernatural and even alien beings and worlds (the 5th dimension). It has an ancient, deeply rooted history of shamanic use. For millennia indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin have combined two or more plants to create the powerful DMT containing brew ayahuasca, which has long been central to these cultures, spiritually and revered as a master plant teacher.

On the other hand, 5-Meo-DMT is known as “the God molecule” for inducing a transcendent state of consciousness that is often devoid of visuals in mimics and year death experience in which the subject object paradigm and all sense of self vanish. Our sacrament is the glandular secretions of the Sonoran desert toad and when experienced safely in a ceremonial context, our sacrament, Buffon can enable an indescribable, ecstatic experience with source, God, or oneness with the entirety of creation (the 12th dimension). An ancient Hinduism, the term Samadhi refers to an ultimate spiritual state of ego dissolution in union with the divine consciousness. Its powerful cleansing effects include somatic, release, trauma, release, liberation, and return to innocence which describes the concept of Moksha.

What is an Ego Death?

Ego death is a profound spiritual experience where the sense of self, or “ego,” dissolves, allowing individuals to transcend their usual identity and connect with a greater universal consciousness. This transformative process can bring deep insights, a sense of unity, and liberation from limiting beliefs, paving the way for personal growth, healing, and a more authentic way of being.

Why can't I remember my journey with the sacrament 5-MEO-DMT Bufo?

About 10% of participants will have complete memory loss of their journey. The reason for this is simply the dose is too high. The second reason is the effect of the natural interaction of the sacrament with your psyche. Too high, a dose can create a condition known as “white out”. The remedy for this is to start at the lowest most effective dose, then offer smaller booster doses as needed until the individual participants optimal amount is arrived at. Please understand that not remembering does not equate to not healing. Although we may not initially remember the journey, there will still be a process of integration and in time and ability to experience, meaningful impressions and feelings from the process. We highly recommend journaling as it can be particularly helpful in this situation. Be open to talking with a counselor, integration coach, or entheogenic therapist if needed.