Wine As Plant Medicine with Jens Jarvie

About this experience

Tuesday, January 14th

6:30pm

Followed by a light repast

Wine is integral to the human experience. The discovery in 2017 of a clay shard containing remnants of wine dating 10,000 years suggests it may have been central to the realm of the shaman, spiritual practitioner, or healer. It compels us to look at wine differently. 

An entheogen is a substance of plant origin that is ingested to produce a non-ordinary state of consciousness for spiritual purposes. Words broken down tell powerful stories: “en” denotes inside; “theo” signifies God; and “gen” means generate, or activate. Hence, an entheogen is a substance that activates the God within.

Mesopotamia, the birth of Civilization, takes us back only 7000 years. Tracking wine from Ancient Greece, 6500 years ago, through its ubiquitous presence in Judaism, 4000 yrs. ago, in Ancient Egypt, 3500 years ago, Dionysianism, Christianity, and even Sufism, a mystical sect of Islam, guides us to look at wine as plant medicine, as ancient wisdom, a transformative, early entheogen.

Wine offers the potential to connect us:

• to each other


• realms beyond


• and the subtler realms within. 

This intimates that wine can be a key in healing ourselves and our world.

Join us at Halleck Vineyard in exploring this path.

We are offering a guided journey into these subtler realms potentiated by wine as plant-medicine. These journeys will be officiated by a seasoned shaman, Jens Jarvey, who has spent decades learning and teaching a broad spectrum of entheogens, including psilocybin, ayahuasca, San Pedro and a range of mystical plants throughout North, Central and South America. 

Jens is an extraordinary vocalist and musician. He will take us on this journey, not only employing wine, but cacao, song, prayer and meditation.  We are welcoming a small number of people to embark on this journey.