What Mushrooms Can Teach Us
Thousands of years ago, medicine men all over the world used mushrooms to heal illnesses: both mental and physical. But in the modern...
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New blog entries below. If you are interested in reading about my travels, check out my other blog, Among Buddhas & Babas
Kristi Saare Duarte
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Immediate Access to Heaven (via a Toad)
If I told you that you can get instant access to Heaven, would you believe me? Have you longed for a state of complete bliss? A toad may...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Don't Fear Being Vulnerable
I recently found this blog post I wrote a few days after pre-publishing my first novel, The Transmigrant, in 2017. At this time, only a...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- May 9
- 4 min
Invincible, me? Guess not.
I've always wanted to seem strong and confident. Invincible, really. As a youngster, I sought to lift as heavy a load as any man, drink...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Apr 13
- 11 min
Why Working in Advertising Can Kill You
The advertising industry always had a magical ring to it: a glamourous world of fancy cocktails, extravagant parties, and excitement all...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Apr 3
- 4 min
The Transmigrant by Kristi Saare Duarte: review of an excellent novel
Crono News article translated from Italian to English via Google Translate Historical Fiction imbued with great mysticism The...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 31
- 9 min
Holy Sananga! This plant medicine stings!!!
At my last Kambô session, the medicine woman suggested I might want to do a 21-day dieta with Sananga. No way, I thought. Why would I...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Shhhh... Listen to the Silence
It's Sunday, the perfect day for stillness and rest. And the ideal day to focus on listening instead of talking or doing or planning. If...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 8 min
Kambô – Surrendering to the Giant Monkey Frog Medicine
The first time I was given Kambô, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I knew it was poison from a giant monkey frog that is administered...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
The Importance of Being Yourself
One of the things that I've learned from the last months of spiritual searching, which kicked off with Ayahuasca and continued with Bufo...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
An Intriguing Reinterpretation of the New Testament
I was thrilled to get such a raving review from Publishers Weekly: "This gratifying tale from Duarte (The Transmigrant) explores what...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
God Doesn't Care About Rules
Most religions have rules about clothing or diet or specific days for fasting or rest, as if God would care about mundane things like...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Mar 10
- 1 min
Do What You Love
Don't spend your life doing something that kills your soul. It's not worth it waking up every day wishing you didn't have to go to work....
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 4 min
Bufo – The God Molecule
If you want to find Nirvana, seek out Bufo Alvarius, the Colorado River toad. It has a very special secret: its venom can bring you to...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 2 min
"A debut historical novel imagines Jesus’ youthful desire for spiritual enlightenment
Kirkus Reviews (the go-to source for librarians), lauded The Transmigrant with this wonderful review: "A debut historical novel imagines...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
The Key to Happiness: Staying Present
Ahhh... Staying present, the most difficult lesson to learn at all. Why is it so hard to stop worrying about the future, or planning a...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Is Shyness A Form of Narcissism?
I can be guilty of this, as well. I'm an introvert and quite shy, and I try to remember that no one outside my immediate family and...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 21
- 1 min
And Jesus Had A Son Named Judas
The Holy Conspiracy is a sequel to The Transmigrant, where Yeshua (Jesus) asks his friend Yudah (Judas) to point Yeshua out to the Roman...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Going Full Throttle: My Third Night of Ayahuasca
On the third night, I decided to go “full throttle.” I wanted to experience what some of the other people had the previous night. The...
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Kristi Saare Duarte
- Feb 11
- 1 min
Don't Forget to Appreciate What You Have
We all take too much for granted. We spend time daydreaming, ruminating on problems, and planning for the future. We forget to enjoy what...
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