Hapé

Hapé (Rapé) is the preparation of powdered medicinal herbs, often with a tobacco base. Hapé is typically made with mapacho (sacred tobacco) and other herbs with medicinal properties, counting a variety of combinations used for different conditions and life circumstances.

The powdered snuff is administered through the nose. The practice of consuming powdered plant medicines through the nose is very ancient. In Europe, herbal snuff was introduced by the doctor and botanist Francisco Hernández de Boncalo in 1577 and inhaling snuff became fashionable among the European aristocracy and was mainly used to treat headache.

Today, indigenous tribes in the Amazon basin continue to use hapé in all aspects of life, from formal ritual use in rites of puberty, initiation, cashiri social gatherings and healing ceremonies, to simply tuning into Nature and the healing power of sacred plant medicines.

The ritual of serving Hapé includes:

- evaluation of the best choice of Hapé for your circumstances

- powerful energy and sound healing to aid and enhance the effects of the medicine

Energy exchange: $50

Duration: ~30 min

Source: re-adapted from natural-medicine.co