A luminous being appeared to me, telepathically explained they were the spirit of chuchuwasi, then became so bright and powerful that I woke up with a gasp. This was my first encounter with a plant spirit. It came to me in a dream during my second week in isolation in the Amazon jungle. Chuchuwasi is a giant jungle tree, whose name roughly translates to “house of the heart.” I remembered only a moment from the dream, yet it was powerful enough to make me feel beyond any shado