Two books, one thread — weaving the sacred journey
from experience to embodiment,
from ache to wholeness.
Now available for pre-order.
These companion works are born from the same source —
the art of remembering what is real.
Integration Alchemy and Mother Ache trace the spiral of transformation: grounding revelation into daily life, and reweaving love where it was once forgotten.
Together they form a living body of work devoted to presence, compassion, and the wisdom of the body — guiding us home, again and again.
Integration Alchemy: The Real Ceremony Is Your Life
(January 2026 — Sentient Publications, distributed by Simon & Schuster)
Integration Alchemy is a guide for seekers who wish to embody the wisdom received through sacred plant medicine. It bridges insight and daily life — helping the healing, clarity, and self-understanding revealed in ceremony take root in the body and heart.
Blending teachings from South American and Eastern wisdom lineages with modern therapeutic practices, this book invites a grounded return to wholeness. It offers a map for anchoring in the body, exploring the mind and emotions, and tending the layers of transformation that continue to unfold long after the ceremony ends.
Integration is the act of reciprocity to the plantas maestras, to the wisdom keepers, to Pachamama herself. Your life is the ceremony — this book is the guide to live it fully.
Thank you for tending this work into the world.
Early Praise for Integration Alchemy
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“Psychedelic experiences open doors, but integration is what allows us to truly live in the new rooms. In Integration Alchemy, Deva Arani offers a heartfelt and sophisticated roadmap for this essential part of the journey. Bridging the scientific and the sacred, she reminds us that the real ceremony begins when the medicine fades and consciousness becomes daily practice.” - Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Founder and President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
- Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Founder and President, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Description goes here
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With humility, precision, and warmth, Deva Arani invites us into the living work of integration, where the insights of ceremony become pathways of embodied change. Rooted in trauma-informed sensitivity and a deep reverence for the sacred, this book honors both the vulnerability and the courage required to truly heal. It is a trustworthy companion for anyone walking the tender bridge between revelation and real life.
— Matt Licata, Ph.D., psychotherapist and author of A Healing Space: Befriending Ourselves in Difficult Times and The Path Is Everywhere: Uncovering the Jewels Hidden Within You
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"Integration Alchemy by Deva Arani is a thoughtful and much-needed reflection on the 'psychedelic renaissance,' a movement whose antinomianism sits uneasily alongside the spiritual traditions of humanity and their sacred epistemologies. Given the current mental health epidemic, and its roots in today’s spiritual crisis, many are looking to entheogens for relief. She offers seekers various ways in which to think about the use of traditional remedies in support of our journey toward healing and wholeness."
—Samuel Bendeck Sotillos, PsyD, LPCC, LMFT, author of Psyche and the Sacred: Integrating Mental Health and Spiritual Well-Being
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In Integration Alchemy, Deva gently guides the reader with a steady, loving hand through the inner and outer journey of integration. Her lived experience, embodied practices and accumulated wisdom are a valuable resource for anyone, both before and after plant medicine ceremony.
- Sat Dharam Kaur ND
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Integration Alchemy is a much-needed guide for anyone who has opened to something profound in ceremony and wondered how to bring that awakening back into daily life. Deva Arani writes with both reverence for the lineages she carries and a deep, lived understanding of the nervous system, embodiment, and true integration. This book is a grounded companion for the long, spiraling journey of genuine transformation.
- Jennifer McKeever, RCC, CCC
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Deva Arani is deeply committed to her work with plant medicine, meditation practice, and therapeutic training. She has woven these paths into her daily life with sincerity and devotion. She now brings her knowledge, experience, and love to support others. She has been a steady source of inspiration and encouragement for me, and this book gathers her wisdom into an extraordinary resource for those walking a path of healing.New List Item
- Nanda Nina Lynch, Rinzai Zen Priest escription goes here
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Integration Alchemy is a rare and essential guide for anyone seeking to understand the deeper meaning of their psychedelic or ceremonial experiences. Drawing from decades of lived practice, Deva Arani offers a grounded, soulful, and deeply compassionate approach to integrating expanded states into the fabric of daily life. Her writing illuminates the subtle terrain between insight and embodiment, inviting readers to walk the path of healing with clarity and integrity. This book will be a trusted companion to journeyers from many traditions, supporting them long after the ceremony ends.
- Scott Lines, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Psychedelic Therapist
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Integration Alchemy offers a grounded, trauma-informed framework for transforming expanded-state experiences into lasting psychological and relational growth. With precision, compassion, and deep skill, Deva Arani illuminates the essential practices that support true and sustainable integration. This is a valuable resource for clinicians and seekers alike.
- Nirodha Stearns, MA LPCC
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I have witnessed Deva Arani’s clarity, integrity, and unwavering devotion to the healing path for years. With Integration Alchemy, she brings together her hard-earned wisdom in a guide that is at once practical, accessible, and profoundly illuminating. It embodies the same grounded presence she offers in her work—real support for the lifelong journey of transformation.
Nooraya Sophia Wales, Transformational Coach, Breathwork facilitator, and Visual Artist Description goes here
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“There is so much to say about integration after deep work in expanded states that even a week-long workshop devoted entirely to integrative practices can feel incomplete. Arani’s book is comprehensive, touching every aspect of the process. It is relevant not only to participants in medicine ceremonies but also to those who practice Holotropic Breathwork (one of my own modalities of choice) or engage in any form of deep inner work. Her writing is clear, concise, and kind. Through generous stories from her own experience, Arani offers invaluable insight into working with entheogens while guiding readers through the nuances of integrative practice. Body, mind, and spirit are all addressed with equal depth and care. I myself have received steady, grounded support from Arani over the years. By reading this book, you will join me in that receiving. It is a true gift.”
Sharanya Naik, Facilitator and Practitioner of Holotropic Breathwork™
The Mother Ache: Healing the Wounded Daughter Within
(May 2026 — Sentient Publications, distributed by Simon & Schuster)
The Mother Ache is a guide to healing the mother wound as a sacred rite of passage. Through the ancient metaphor of basket weaving, it offers a grounded, spiritual, and embodied framework for transforming generational pain into presence, purpose, and power.
Structured around the twelve-stage ACHE process, each chapter explores a feminine archetype and a weaving task that mirrors the psychological, emotional, and energetic stages of healing the wounded daughter within.
More than a self-help book, The Mother Ache is an invitation to remembrance. It honors the parts of us that were forgotten or shamed and offers tools to reweave them into wholeness. Drawing from psychology, somatic healing, sacred feminine archetypes, and ancestral wisdom, it speaks to daughters, seekers, and cycle-breakers longing to come home to themselves.
You do not need a perfect mother to feel whole. You need the willingness to sit with what was, the courage to hold what aches, and the trust to weave love through your own hands.
These books are born from years of sitting with seekers, daughters, and medicine journeys — from listening to the quiet ways healing moves through a life. Each word carries the same intention that guides my work: to help us remember what is sacred, to bring love where there was absence, and to live the ceremony of being human with tenderness and truth.
