Hapé (also referred to as Rapé or Rapeh) is the preparation of powdered medicinal herbs, often with a tobacco base. Hapé is typically made with mapacho, which is an Amazonian variety of tobacco that is considered by tribal shamans to be a master plant. In addition to the tobacco, rapé usually includes the alkaline ashes of other plants such as cinnamon, tonka bean, clover, banana peel, or mint, but many shamans keep the exact ingredients of their particular rapé a secret. Hapé elicits a feeling of alertness and elevation that surpasses most other natural plant-based effects.

The effects of hapé are experienced rapidly and intensely because the powdered snuff is administered through the nose. The practice of consuming powdered plant medicines through the nose is much more ancient than we realized (dating from the pre-Columbian days) and was first observed among the Brazilian indigenous tribes.

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, social gatherings and healing ceremonies, to simply tuning into Nature and the healing power of sacred plant medicines alone or with friends.

There are several tribes that traditionally used hapé – which include but are not limited to the Katukina, Yawanawa, Kaxinawa, Nukini, Kuntanawa, Apurinã, Ashaninka, and Matses – often produce their own specific kinds of Hapé blend and have different ways of preparing the herbal snuff, from techniques to songs that are sung during the rapé rituals.

From the indigenous point of view, hapé is a sacred shamanic snuff medicine with profound healing effects. Hapé is made from different medicinal plants for different purposes – to induce visions, to have energy, and to enhance the senses with the aromatic fragrance of the plants used in the blend. Given that there are myriad medicinal plants you can blend into hapé, there are many various hapé recipes in existence – and these recipes are often closely guarded by the tribes as secrets.

Sharing hapé – is traditionally a ritualistic practice among Amazonian tribes that may include specific chants to activate the force of the hapé and to confer the healing power of the forest upon the hapé recipient.

The ritual use of hapé is also making its way around the world, introduced to the West through ayahuasca ceremonies by traveling shamans and by visitors who have spent time in the jungle with indigenous communities.

Benefits of Using Rapé

Rapé can help you in the following ways:

• Helps focus and sharpen the mind.
• Clears a person or space of distracting, bad energies in preparation for intention setting.
• Detoxes both body and mind and clears your energetic field. Because of this, rapé is often used in conjunction with ayahuasca ceremonies.
• Clears sinuses of mucus and bacteria, thereby helping to combat colds and respiratory ailments.
• Provides a calming, grounding effect on the emotions that lasts much longer that the initial sensation.
• Can be used in conjunction with other treatments for addiction and mental illness.

Ceremonial Cacao is no ordinary cacao! It is the highest grade, highest vibration, most energy intense cacao on the planet. It is 100% pure, organic whole bean, and usually an heirloom criollo cacao. It is simply the whole bean ground, nothing added, nothing taken away. When the cacao beans are ground, they form into paste, hence the name ‘Cacao paste’. Also known as ‘Cacao Liquor’, the paste is simply poured into molds, which solidify into bricks and are then packaged to create Sacred Earth Medicine’s Ceremonial Cacao.

Ceremonial Cacao is made from a very special bean that makes up less than 5% of the world’s cacao production. This very rare and highly prized criollo bean is the same bean that the Ancients used in their ceremonies.

Many factors go into creating a ceremonial grade of cacao. It’s not just the variety of bean and the genetics of good trees. The growing region, energy of the land, the growing microclimate, the farming techniques and production methods are also essential elements. Then there’s the love factor! The energy, wisdom and intention of the farmers as well as the shared vision and conscious connection of all hands in the supply chain. Now we invite you to find out for yourself.

Ritual & Cultural Uses

The criollo bean was highly revered in ancient times. It was used as currency and valued more highly than gold. Criollo cacao was traditionally used by the priests, shamans and spiritual elite in the ancient Mayan, Aztec & Olmec cultures as a spiritual partner. We are told that the shamans of these ancient cultures infused their prized cacao beans with spirit, to give it a dimension not found in other cacao varieties. Ceremonial Cacao is an ancient plant medicine, a heart opener, a wisdom keeper, a consciousness facilitator, teacher and creative partner. In modern terms, it is classed as an entheogen.

In ancient cultures, cacao was reserved for the royal families and spiritual elite who would use it in ceremony as a gentle multi-dimensional partner to aid travel between the worlds, beyond the veil. Ceremonial grade cacao is now making a comeback as a spiritual facilitator and creative partner because of its accessibility and great taste.

Source

Ceremonial Cacao is ethically, sustainably and bio-dynamically sourced from family run farms or cooperatives located in Central and South America. The small, usually family run operation keeps production at a sustainable level to ensure superior quality. With bio-dynamic farming and production techniques fine-tuned over generations, Ceremonial Cacao is produced with great love and care to ensure that it maintains all of its medicinal and spiritual properties.

Effects

• Sustained energy lasting 4-5 hours.
• Ability to hold a strong multidimensional focus.
• Heart opening, great for inner work and releasing emotional blockages.
• Increases feeling of connection to greater consciousness.
• Deepening of spiritual and creative practices such as yoga, meditation, shamanic journeying, writing, dance, music, healing modalities, lucid dreaming, kirtan – just to name a few.
• Antidepressant: the only food to release therapeutic levels of good feeling brain chemicals such as serotonin, endorphins, dopamine and the “love chemical” phenylethylamine.
• Vasodilation, increasing blood flow to the brain, body and digestive system by up to 40%.
• Liver detoxifier.
• Increases libido.
• Satiates feelings of hunger, can assist with weight loss (at lower doses).