Marakame Don Venado

Don Venado is a renowned medicine man (Marakame) of the Wixarika (Huichol) nation in Mexico. The Wixarika people are the custodians of a thousand-year-old tradition centered around the sacred medicine Peyote (Hikuri). Don Venado works with this plant medicine and possesses the unique ability to transmute diseases and negative energies within the body into crystals that are subsequently expelled. He is not only a gifted medicine man but also a talented artist.

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Upcoming Programs by Marakame Don Venado

Wirikuta Desert Pilgrimage (Peyote) - Mexico

Also With Agder Iztacmitl (White Arrow) and Kate “Sunny” Ziesenheim, PA-C

April 15 - 19, 2026

You are invited to partake in an extraordinary excursion to the sacred land of the Wixarika people (Huichol), the Wirikuta desert. We are deeply honored to extend an invitation for you to join us for this excursion with our guide and medicine man (Marakame) Don Venado. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anMQN8wr_nY[/embed] Yearly, the Wixarika community embarks on a ten-day […]