Up to 8 in group
October 24 - November 1, 2026
About this Retreat
Paul is an initiate in a wide variety of mystical and spiritual traditions. For over twenty years, he has been meeting and studying with spiritual masters from across the world.
He has been initiated into the Ayahuasca tradition by the legendary shaman Peter Aziz of England, by Don Agustin Rivas of Peru and by Don Lucio Panduro of Peru. He is also an initiate in the Mongolian Buryat Shamanic tradition, is a fully trained Houngan in the Haitian Voudon tradition, has been initated into the Nepalese Shamanic tradition as a Bon Jhankri and Phurba priest. He has also been initiated into various streams of Tantric, Yogic, Taoist and Sufi mysticism and is currently training to be a Daoist Priest in the Zheng Yi Lineage
Paul is also a fully trained Acupuncturist, Kundalini Yoga instructor, Qi Gong, Tai Chi and internal martial arts instructor, as well as a fully trained massage therapist and teacher in the Thai Massage tradition.
He holds three degrees, including a bachelors in the study of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and a Masters degree in The Study of Mysticism and Religious Experience from Canterbury University, England.
Following his shamanic path, Paul was called to work in the service of the Goddess Kali, who remains his main guide, teacher and master.
Details of this retreat
An intensive retreat to explore death, dying and rebirth through Tibetan Buddhist practices, ayahuasca (with Paul Diamond), meditation, energy work and ritual.
We will work with the teachings and methods that prepare us for death, help us die consciously, and guide us toward liberation - in this life and beyond
Through study, practice and direct experience we will examine the nature of mind, the process of dying, the intermediate state, and the potential for rebirth or liberation.
Throughout time, the Masters have taught that, in order for true Initiation to take place, one must ‘Die before one Dies’.
This is allegorical, but becomes a matter of actual experience in shamanic practice and teachings- one must (somewhat) literally, go through the death and dying process, in order to be truly Reborn.
In this retreat we will be exploring this profound, personal and intensely relevant Shamanic Initiation from a variety of deeply personal and experiential perspectives.
You will receive fundamental teachings on:
Working with Deities and Intermediaries of Death- Santa Muerte, Hecate, Persephone and Kali.
Ancestor Work and Ancestor Magick.
The Redemption of the Ancestors.
The teachings and practices of the Bardo (intermediate) realms.
The practice of the ejection of consciousness at Death (Phowa).
Teachings on Karma, Akash, and freedom from incarnational bondage.
The books of the Dead from various cultures.
Working intensely with Mother Ayahuasca, the Vine of the Dead, and other plants of Death and Dying (henbane, wormwood, datura etc).
Death and Dying Contemplative work.
Powerful practices that induce knowledge, perception and experience of death, dying and the world of the Dead.
This course promises to be intense, powerful, and deeply transformative. You will come as close to the Death and Dying process as one can come without actually passing over, and will have the gnosis, and technology to successfully navigate it, when you do inevitably and eventually pass….
Please join us if you feel called to this profoundly intense, personal and necessary work.
Please note; this is not a course for beginners in the medicine. Applications will be considered from those with similar or relevant experience, but this is NOT a course for absolute beginners.
We look forward to living, dying and Being spiritually Reborn with you.