The Sacred Altar of Cacao: Honoring the Fire

When the 18th-century botanist Carl Linnaeus gave the cacao tree its scientific name, Theobroma cacao ("food of the gods"), he backed up what the Maya had stated for millennia. Minimally processed, raw ceremonial-grade cacao is a pharmacologically dense plant medicine.

When consumed at a true ceremonial dose (35 to 50 grams of pure paste), the biochemistry is profound.