Taita Samith Osorio

ARCHETYPE: Cofán’s jaguar. Yagé master plant rocker and servant. Grandparents apprentice.

PERSONAL JOURNEY: My name is Samith Orange Osorio Cogollom, and I was born on April 23, 1991, in Tierralta (Córdoba, Colombia).

At 17, I left my parent’s house for a new world and promising opportunities. Two years later, I discovered the Yagé (Ayahuasca) plant in the mountains of Santa Elena (Antioquia, Colombia). There I had the opportunity to live with Taita Luís Evelio Moreano.

In 2012 I met Grandfather Taita Curaca Guillermo Lucitante Yaiguaje of the Cofán tradition. I traveled with him to the resguardo of Santa Rosa de Sucumbios in the Colombian Amazon jungle. And since then, my life has changed because I had to let go and flow with a lot of faith and hope.

I accompanied an excellent human being, a great father and a great mother (Beatriz, Guillermo’s wife), and great sages in the knowledge of Yagé. I served them and their family with love and devotion. Grandfather Guillermo told me how to start and embark on a path with the plant, and he shared much advice on handling and preparing Yagé and caring for it to deepen it. And I had many life experiences with the grandmother, Ayahuasca. She healed and welcomed me as a son, and I gave myself to service with great responsibility.

In 2015 Grandfather Guillermo left us to rest in the glory of the creator father. And at that moment, the door to the Yagé kitchen opened for me. I used plants for vomiting and baths and thus took care of my body and entered the dieta that the mystery of the science and cooking of Yagé demands. In 2018, Grandmother Beatriz Lucitante Lucitante rested in peace. I thank them for all the beautiful things they sow in me and my walk.

And I continued my path as a yagecero and cook of the Yagé master plant. Alone, I went through the middle of the jungle to where Yagé was planted. Taking into account the advice of my grandparents, I cut it, remembering to leave it delicately on the ground. In the same way, I collected the Chagro, the other plant whose leaves are used for cooking the medicine. They were beautiful times when many people from the community and other communities came to drink yagesito. Among them, Grandfather Wilson, from the Muisca tradition, and Grandfather Renzo, from the Inga tradition. Deep gratitude, fellow travelers.

I never imagined my life serving humanity and carrying the good message. I walk with my partner, Carmen Jessenia Giagrekudo Farekade. She is my strength. She belongs to the Muruy ethnic group from the Colombian Amazon. Their master plants are Coca (Mambe) and Tobacco (Ambil). Thanks to Carmen’s parents, Grandfather Rodolfo Giagrekudo Pacaya and Prudenciana Farekade, great connoisseurs of these plants of power and wisdom, we carry them on our way with great responsibility.

We live in Guarne (Antioquia) mountains with our children Evaluna, Rafael, and Guillermo, following the path with faith. We bring harmony where the Great Spirit puts us—sharing and drinking Yagé with love. Together, as children of a single father and mother. Count on me and my family. God bless you.

ROLE: Medicine man. Guardian and musician of sacred ceremony space.