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We ship from the United States to all over the country using USPS Priority mail with tracking. Product will be shipped out within 2 business days of order, but usually the next day. Approximate delivery times are 3-4 business days once shipped. (Please note that above shipping times are rough estimates. There can be extra delays due to Postal delays or Postal Strikes. We are NOT responsible for any potential shipping delays). After your package is shipped, you will receive a confirmation email with tracking number (if available).
Once purchased, we do not return Rapé or other perishable products. This is to make sure you will always receive a verified product from us and not something that has been returned.
Hapé is completely legal in the U.S. This sacred snuff contains amazonian plants and herbs. Our hapé comes from the indigenous cultures of the Brazilian Amazon. It is directly sourced from tribes like the Yawanawa, Kaxinawa, Kuntanawa and Nukini, then delivered to you for a high quality, authentic rapé healing experience.
You don’t want to smoke this snuff because it also contains other medicinal and sacred plants, including parts from tree bark, leaves, seeds, and various plants. Once collected, the components become pulverized with a pestle, and strained through a mesh. The result is a fine, light-colored powder. Different combinations of plants provide different uses and effects, and the exact recipe is often kept secret by the shaman.
This sacred snuff is frequently used in spiritual practice by shamans and tribes in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The use of these sacred amazonian plants in these cultures tends to be different than around the globe: it’s used in ceremony, rather than in mindless use.
The frequency and intention of using hapé vary by group or tribe. It’s used before breakfast and dinner by some, only in ceremony by others, and many ways in between. It is also seen commonly used in America in combination with other spiritual medicines, such as Grandmother ceremonies, Sananga, and Kambo
We generally recommend working with hapé no more than twice per day. Frequent use can cause tolerance. However, this depends on each person’s endurance levels and also their personal situation. If you are going through a particularly stressful and sick period, you may decide to use it more regularly. For some people several times a week is fine, or only during medicine ceremonies. For others, they may need to work intensively with these medicines to do some very deep work, purging, and intensive healing. Please listen to your body, intuition, and the spirit of these sacred medicines – they will guide you, as to what’s best for you personally
Important: As with any kind of medicine, hapé can be consumed in ways which are less sacred, and more recreational. hapé can be hard on your sinuses, so overuse can create sinus problems and damage to your respiratory system. For this reason, it’s important to test your hapé and as with any substance, know where it comes from!
Yes, it can be very useful to hold a specific intention or asking a specific question during each rapé session. It is important to set intention but not expectations. These amazonian plants are a life spirit and teacher plant. Thus, as you develop a relationship and connection it will cleanse, heal, teach and guide you personally. These are very sacred medicines which should always be treated with respect, love, gratitude, and used in a ceremonial space.
If you have a lot of phlegm or mucous in the back of your throat, dripping down your throat, or in your mouth, then please spit it out in a bucket immediately, as it’s toxic or negative energy that is being released and expelled. You do not want to swallow it back inside. In order to prevent the rapéh from dripping into your throat, you will want to keep your head down so it will drip down through your nose and not in your throat.
You should try to keep the hapé in your nostrils for as long as comfortably possible so the medicine can be absorbed through the bloodstream. It is best to breathe in through the nose if possible, for this. Then, you can blow your nose with tissue as many times as it’s necessary for you. Keeping your head tilted forward will help you reduce the drip in your throat
Yes, it’s common – most hapés have a very deeply cleansing effect on the body, energetic field, emotions, mental stress, confusion and spiritual alignment. Therefore, you may experience deep purging and releasing on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels. Also, it can be a deep release of long held sickness in the body, psyche, emotional field. Please allow your physical and energetic bodies to release, re-align and re-configure. You will need a bucket, tissue, drinking water and toilet nearby. Also, if it’s been a very strong session, then you may need to lie down and rest for about 15 minutes to allow time for integration and deep re-alignment. If you feel dizzy or ungrounded afterwards, then please drink herbal tea with honey (no caffeine), and rest. The natural sugars will help to ground you, and the liquid will re-hydrate you, and slowly bring you back into ‘normality’