The Last Resort
by Ol Serbon
Genre: Nonfiction Memoir, Spiritual Realism
When all known roads lead to a dead end, it is time to explore the unknowable.
In Conversations with Ayahuasca, author Ol Serbon describes how a series of four annual journeys to the Amazon jungle to partake in Indigenous shamanic ceremonies involving the entheogenic beverage ayahuasca were a catalyst for healing issues in her life and body that were troubling her and entirely altering her perception of reality.
A powerful spiritual guide, Aya, introduced herself to Serbon and invited her to tour what appeared to be alternate dimensions and strange landscapes, like a vast underground city of plants. She also time traveled to an ancient civilization on Earth, perhaps Lemuria, and found evidence of an even more ancient civilization than that, indicating history repeats itself in broad cycles as do our souls. These dreamlike adventures revealed how our consciousness, focus, and resonant frequency shape the form that the world around us takes.
Back at home, Serbon developed a daily meditative practice for putting herself into the right state to receive visions and messages from Aya. Sitting on the deck at her house in a light trance, she would type lessons into her laptop about the arts of dream riding and manifestation, and warnings about impending dangers related to advances in technology, such as integrating AI into human physiology.
Feeling intuitively drawn to India, at last she searched for an enlightened sage who could help her make sense of her experiences.
Her story belongs to everyone in our generation.
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From a Review
“It is refreshing to read a spiritual narrative where the author is learning along with us. Reading this book is like peeling an onion and finding another onion inside it. With the guidance of a plant spirit, Ol Serbon had a rare opportunity to visit parallel dimensions of consciousness. Were these past lives? Was history repeating itself? And is it true that humanity is sitting on a precipice now where we can make a different choice than other civilizations—ancient and otherworldly—and step back so we do not fall? There are layers to this narrative that make it read like a mystery novel. Under the ocean’s waves, Ol catches glimpses of an ancient stadium where human sacrifices may have occurred. She’s had repetitive dreams about this place her entire life. Soon, she’s taking trips to what may be her own former existence as a disciple of a master teacher in a culture where people are capable of doing remarkable, paranormal things with their minds. Over months of viewing this other existence, her counterpart has a comparable experience to Ol’s and sees evidence of an even older civilization in the ruins of a cathedral. Questions are raised about the possible dangers in taking the direction we’re collectively headed now—and the simple answer is that we can choose.”
From the back cover
WHEN ALL KNOWN ROADS LEAD TO A DEAD END,
IT IS TIME TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWABLE
In Conversations with Ayahuasca, author Ol Serbon describes how a series of four annual journeys to the Amazon jungle to partake in Indigenous shamanic ceremonies involving the entheogenic beverage ayahuasca were a catalyst for healing issues in her life and body that were troubling her and entirely altering her perception of reality.
A powerful spiritual guide, Aya, introduced herself to Serbon and invited her to tour what appeared to be alternate dimensions and strange landscapes, like a vast underground city of plants. She also time traveled to an ancient civilization on Earth, perhaps Lemuria, and found evidence of an even more ancient civilization than that, indicating history repeats itself in broad cycles as do our souls. These dreamlike adventures revealed how our consciousness, focus, and resonant frequency shape the form that the world around us takes.
Back at home, Serbon developed a daily meditative practice for putting herself into the right state to receive visions and messages from Aya. Sitting on the deck at her house in a light trance, she would type lessons into her laptop about the arts of dream riding and manifestation, and warnings about impending dangers related to advances in technology, such as integrating AI into human physiology.
Feeling intuitively drawn to India, at last she searched for an enlightened sage who could help her make sense of her experiences.
From a Review on Amazon
A well written, fun, and enjoyable read, with fascinating insight into the mind expanding and dimensional bending effects of plant medicine. The first several chapters deal with the author's sojourns in the Amazonian jungle as one would expect: detailing the physical journey, the shaman(s), and the plants and customs of people of the Amazon. However, as one progresses through the book, the story takes on a dream-like quality, as if the author is transmitting the Spirit of the Medicine through the printed page. The lessons described take on a narrative of their own, drawing the reader into trance, allowing Spirit to communicate with one's own Spirit. The results are sometimes dark, but always enlightening. The story ends a bit to soon, tempting one to desire the author's next telling. A must read for anyone considering a deeper look into plant medicine.
From selfhelpandimprovement.com
Ayahuasca, Healing, and Meditation: A Transformational Memoir by Ol Serbon
Everyone struggles with managing their mental, physical, and spiritual health sometimes, but what do you do if you’re starting to lose hope? If you’ve been feeling lost or alone in your life recently, you might find some comfort from author Ol Serbon.
Serbon talks about her awe-inspiring transformation from depression to a flourishing place of healing in her memoir, Conversations with Ayahuasca: The Last Resort. Read on for a brief summary of this inspirational book and discover where to pick up a copy today!
Like millions of other Americans, Ol Serbon felt like she tried everything to recover from her past. Failed relationships, missed opportunities, mental and physical health issues, and other negative events continued to weigh heavily on her, despite her best efforts to heal her body and mind. After years of trying several different options, Serbon nearly gave up. Luckily, she found out about ayahuasca retreats and embarked on her first trip to the Amazon jungle in 2016
Ayahuasca is a traditional brew made from the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub and stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. Combining these plants creates a powerful psychedelic brew that can allow people to enter altered states of consciousness and have out-of-body experiences, hallucinations, and euphoria. The drink is often consumed in religious or spiritual ceremonies throughout North and South America.
In Conversations with Ayahuasca, Serbon describes how the ceremonial drink changed her life and forever altered her viewpoint of the world and reality as a whole. The memoir takes the reader along on several journeys to the Amazon rainforest to partake in traditional shamanic rituals involving ayahuasca.
During one of her ayahuasca retreats, Serbon met a spiritual guide named Aya. Aya showed Serbon what appeared to be alternate dimensions, different realities, and ancient civilizations through time travel. Serbon intuitively felt as if this was evidence that history repeats itself in broad, predictable cycles, just as human souls reincarnate over time. After this enlightening experience, Serbon returned home with a fresh outlook on her life.
Back home, Serbon practiced meditation every day to connect with Aya. She documented her experiences — which included receiving visions and other messages from the spirit guide — while in a trance-like meditative state. After several months of practicing meditation, Serbon started to feel drawn to the country of India for additional spiritual guidance. That’s when an entirely new journey begins for Serbon, and she invites you, the reader, to follow your curiosity and give spiritual healing a try.
From the book
“So, why are you here?” I heard the question addressed to me. The shaman was looking at me with genuine interest emanating from his one good eye while his question was being translated for me. His other eye was completely white, which gave him an enigmatic appearance. He was smoking a mapacho beady while cozily observing me from a hammock attached to the wall.
I sat in front of an audience comprised of four facilitators, three shamans, and a couple of other people who seemed to be volunteers. They were all quizzically looking at me, some apparently ready to take notes. One of the facilitators translated the question from Spanish to English. Now it was my turn
to reply.
I had a whole speech prepared, but instead of giving it, something else came out of my mouth. “I want to know what reality is,” I heard myself say, and my comment was immediately translated to the shaman. He continued smoking his mapacho and nodded in response to what I said.
I left the intention-setting session pondering the words that came out of my mouth. The question that had always been at the back of my mind somehow came forward, and as I was uttering it, it became clear to me that this was what I needed to know. It was the missing piece I had been looking for. Nothing would make sense until I knew the answer.
From a Review
“I devour books and documentary films about ayahuasca. Everywhere you turn these days, someone is talking about micro-dosing with mushrooms or how the DMT molecule awakens a visionary part of the brain. The big takeaway in it all seems to be how this concoction (made of two plants found in the Amazon) reveals us to ourselves. Reveals what we need to know to grow or find relief from mental and emotional illness and trauma. Reveals how to tame the ego. Given this context, Ol Serbon’s conversations with Aya, a spiritual guide who introduced herself while Ol was in the midst of a shamanic journey, are extraordinary. In one adventure, she was in a landscape that was empty until she created a world within—like some metaphysical computer designer. Except she was working with emotions. I highly recommend you read this for yourself and come to your own conclusions. Literal or metaphoric, it is a page turner. And it might just give you some food for thought, like it did for me.”
Q: Tell us about yourself:
A: Originally from Russia, I grew up behind the "Iron Curtain" dreaming about one day living life to its fullest. At the age of nineteen, I came to America, thrilled about finally reaching the "Land of the Free." I embraced the idea of the American Dream with my whole heart, and for some time I thought that I was living that dream, until my reality began showing cracks.
On the outside, my life seemed perfect. I graduated from Tufts University magna cum laude with the intention to go to medical school, I got married, and I did what I most loved to do: I danced. But after volunteering at a cancer research center, my vision about western medicine began to fall apart. Things didn't add up. Confused, I decided to take a year off and ponder my decision about going into medicine. I continued dancing and I never looked back.
As a dancer, I traveled the world, competed, performed, and taught dancing. I built a successful business out of my passion. A rare blessing in a world where most people do what they dislike just to make ends meet. Soon, however, my personal relationships and my health spun out of control. Devastated, I started searching for new ways to heal my body and mind. Among other things, books by Carlos Castaneda appeared. Then, after trying all conventional methods, I decided to give la madre ayahuasca a chance. It was my last resort.
Finally, in 2016, I found my way to the Amazon jungle.
Q: What childhood memory has had the best impact on you?
A: I recall the miserable expression on the face of my high school history teacher as she stormed into the classroom one day, acting discombobulated, and announced that there would be no history exam . . . as history itself had changed. What? Her comment made me think.
Q: What is the name of your latest book, and what inspired it?
A: ”Conversations with Ayahuasca” is the first book that I have written. It was inspired by four years of annual journeys to the Amazon jungle to partake in indigenous shamanic ceremonies involving ayahuasca.
Q: Do you have any unusual writing habits?
A: A part of "Conversations with Ayahuasca" was written automatically.
Q: What is that dream goal you want to achieve before you die?
A: I would like to know what reality is.
Q: What’s next for you as a writer?
A: Next is my trip to the Amazon, where I will continue my inner exploration. I am sure that I will write a lot.
Q: What was your ambition when you were a child?
A: I was three years old when my grandmother asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer was that I wanted to be an Olympic figure skater. When grandma inquired whether I preferred to skate by myself or with a partner, my childish response was: “With a partner, of course! What am I going to do without a husband?”
A long story short - I got pretty close to manifesting my childhood dream, only instead of figure skating, I picked ballroom dancing. I have danced most of my life professionally and even went to a couple of world championships with a partner, just as I imagined as a little girl.
Ol Serbon is a pen name. The names I have used in the past, the places where I've lived, the things I have done, the little achievements I can claim, the degrees I have earned, and the titles I have held don't define me. The truth is that none of it defines me. I am an ever-changing, consciously evolving consciousness. This is how I perceive myself.
Originally from Russia, I grew up behind the "Iron Curtain" dreaming about one day living life to its fullest. At the age of nineteen, I came to America, thrilled about finally reaching the "Land of the Free." I embraced the idea of the American Dream with my whole heart, and for some time I thought that I was living that dream, until my reality began showing cracks.
On the outside, my life seemed perfect. I graduated from Tufts University magna cum laude with the intention to go to medical school, I got married, and I did what I most loved to do: I danced. But after volunteering at a cancer research center, my vision about western medicine began to fall apart. Things didn't add up. Confused, I decided to take a year off and ponder my decision about going into medicine. I continued dancing and I never looked back.
As a dancer, I traveled the world, competed, performed, and taught dancing. I built a successful business out of my passion. A rare blessing in a world where most people do what they dislike just to make ends meet. Soon, however, my personal relationships and my health spun out of control. Devastated, I started searching for new ways to heal my body and mind. Among other things, books by Carlos Castaneda appeared. Then, after trying all conventional methods, I decided to give la madre ayahuasca a chance. It was my last resort.
Finally, in 2016, I found my way to the Amazon jungle. The rest of my story is in my book.
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