Code of Ethics
We believe that all of creation is the work of Creator, and that it was Creator who gave us the way of yagé, the other medicinal plants and fungi, and our faith. To be a human being is a gift that Creator confers upon us. But it also represents a great commitment and an enormous responsibility to our selves, to our communities, and to the entire world to be the best versions of ourselves. Continuing with the teachings of our elders and the ancestors of the planet, we accept the mandate to work in alignment with the help of Creator, in order to serve others who seek the mysteries of self and of Creation.
We must always be inspired by deep love towards our fellow human, by a desire to serve the ill and the suffering. We are convinced that health comes from Creator’s love and our ability to embody that in the present moment.
In the same way that Western doctors take the “Hippocratic oath,” we take our own oath, in which we promise to respect and defend all of life and creation. We may never use our knowledge to compromise the life or health of anyone on Earth. Thus, we reaffirm our mandate to always work for the good of all. Our medicine as individuals must always be at the service of others, and our knowledge may never be used to cause harm to others. To be regarded as ordained members, we must remain an integral part of our communities and organizations, and we must live permanently with our collective family. We accept that the elders and ancestors of the land, the traditional authorities, and our guides are the ones who give us recognition as people who are walking on the road of truth.
We learn about our medicine from yagé and from other knowledge plants and fungi, and are always guided by the Elders. Yagé and Psilocybin Mushrooms in nature are our most important sources for medicinal healing knowledge and ancestral wisdom. We are committed to continue to learn about our natural world and about yagé and the mushrooms, respecting these sacred plants and fungi and not allowing its use apart from its use as a gift from Creator and to connect with the Divine. As ordained members, we promise to use these plants and fungi sacredly and wisely.
We must always have an trusted elder/ancestor to train us and to guide us as we remember the ways of our original state as humankind. The elders also teach us that so long as they live, we will continue to be apprentices to the plants and to the fungi.
The ordained elder membership invites of us very strict rules of conduct, following the teachings of our elders and of the plants within good health and conscious of the community and others. We must lead a righteous life, guided by good, and we must serve as an example to others. The ordained elders and apprentices must always be respectful of people, and use kind and appropriate words at all times and in all places. We may not engage in scandalous conduct, such as being drunk, getting in fights, betting and gambling, or by mistreating our spouse or our children. By the same token, we must always be well groomed. Even though we respect individual freedoms, we, the Ordained Elders and apprentices, should be the first to recover our ceremonial dress code, especially during ceremonies. Henceforth, we, the Ordained Elders and Members, accept the mandate to strengthen the union among us, and to join forces for our benefit, for the benefit of our communities, and for the benefit of our tradition and faith.
We renounce any thought or action that may create division among us, in particular that which offends, criticizes, or discredits another. The ordained elders and members are committed to work in our communities, with our knowledge and our practices, to eradicate pain and suffering.
We ask the people in government for their help in strengthening and defending our traditional practices and faiths, without conflict or competition. We, the Ordained Elders and Members and apprentices. We wish neither to set aside our own practices nor to compete with Western doctors. We desire basic training in modern medicine to complement our knowledge and to offer better services to our communities. We believe that before we begin to exchange knowledge and practices with one another, we must first strengthen our own faith, and put our community in order, recover our humanity, build our community centers and again grow our medicinal plants and fungi to provide the pathway for those that are lost in suffering. Naturally, we must also have a decent life as human beings and as Ordained Elders and Members.
We sign and accept this text, under oath, in the name of the One Infinite Creator of All.