Articles tagged: "pablo amaringo"
1: The Spiritual Legacy of the Andes
An 'ofrenda' is the most important ceremony used by Andean Indians to relate with Mother Earth. The ofrenda is a symbol of reciprocity with nature and its purpose is to teach us to reproduce this attitude. Through it we speak back to nature saying we understand the message and concord.
2: Ayahuasca - The Visionary and Healing Plant from the Amazon - Part 2
Part two of the article looks at the personal preparation and requirements for the Ayahuasca experience.
3: Ayahuasca - The Visionary and Healing Plant from the Amazon - Part 1
After being virtually ignored by Western civilization for centuries, there has been a huge surge of interest in Ayahuasca recently. There is a growing belief that it is a kind of вЂ
4: Ayahuasca Shaman and Peruvian Mystic, Alonso del Rio Interviewed
Alonso del Rio is a powerful maestro who interweaves Shipibo and other icaros with sacred music of his own to lead you on your journey; he is both a talented musician and an inspiring communicator of the Amazonian shamanic world. He is interviewed by Howard G. Charing and Peter Cloudsley.
5: Ayahuasca, the Visionary Paintings, and Inspirational Words of Pablo Amaringo.
Pablo Amaringo is one of the world’s greatest visionary artists, and is renowned for his highly complex, colourful and intricate paintings of his visions from drinking the Ayahuasca brew. Pablo wrote the foreword, a spiritual and ecological message as the foreword for my book 'Plant Spirit Shamanism', published by Destiny Books (USA).
6: The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo - An Exclusive Interview with the Great Visionary Artist
Pablo Amaringo is one of the world’s greatest visionary artists, and is renowned for his highly complex, colourful and intricate paintings of his visions from drinking the Ayahuasca brew. Pablo is interviewed at his gallery in Pucallpa, Peru, by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley
7: The Power of Attraction Secrets from the Amazon: The Pusanga
The Western rational mind can only struggle, to take as an example the famed ‘love potion’ of the Amazon known as the Pusanga. In rational terms it makes no sense whatsoever, how can a concoction of leaves, roots, and seeds attract a lover, or good luck to you?
8: The Attributes of Plants, and the Spirit of Life - a Shaman’s Perspective.
The shamans work with the power of the plants in many ways, the colours of the flowers, the perfume, their shape, form, and associations. This although does not play a role in modern medicine, this understanding has a long history in the human relationship and dependence on plants.
9: Herbal Plant Medicines and the Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest Part 1
The Amazon Rainforest is home to many thousands of plant species, and has the richest bio-diversity on the planet. Plants and herbs used for medicinal purposes flourish there. The traditional healers and shamans of the Amazon have been working with these remarkable plants for thousands of years. We explore in this article these ancient traditions and knowledge of the plant shamans by the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism (published by Destiny Books USA).
10: Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience
There has been a huge surge of interest in Ayahuasca recently. There is a growing belief that it is a kind of ‘medicine for our times’, giving hope to people with ‘incurable’ diseases like cancer and HIV, drug addictions and inspiring answers to the big ecological problems of modern civilization.
11: Ayahuasca Retreats in the Amazon Rainforest
A dedicated programme in the Amazon rainforest, which is focussed on an inner and deep self-exploration and encounter with the power of the rainforest. This is an adventure into the magical world of the rainforest, and a transformative experience of the ancient mystical rituals of the plant spirit medicines.
12: Ayahuasca & Visionary Plants - Companions to the Soul
The visionary plants and ancient traditions of the plant shamans reveal a hidden universe, in which the separation between the physical and the unseen universe is an illusion caused by our limited sensory perception. The body and soul permeates and infuses each other. The plant teachers show us a path to an expanded consciousness and communion with our sacred source, our soul companion.
13: Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 1
The biggest challenge for a Westerner undertaking this communion with the plants is to accept that there is another order of non-material reality that a person can experience through his entrance into plant consciousness, and to do this requires a significant leap of the imagination. We are all born into the social paradigm that surrounds us, with all its beliefs, myths, and institutions that support its view of the world, and it is not within our world-view to accept the immaterial.
14: Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy,and Plant Spirit Shamanism,
The ‘doctrine of signatures’ is at the heart of homeopathy, folk medicine, and plant shamanism. The doctrine was revealed by the great alchemist and physician Paracelus who lived in the 16th Century. The underlying principle was that the healing properties of the plant are not only in the outer ‘physical’ form, but also in their inner or spiritual nature. The Doctrine of Signatures holds that this inner nature can be revealed by it’s outer physical form or signatures
15: Communion With The Infinite - The Visual Music of the Shipibo tribe of the Amazon
The Shipibo people of the Upper Amazon in Peru, have a unique and complex form of visionary art. Underlying the intricate geometric patterns of great complexity displayed in the art of the Shipibo people is a concept of an all pervading magical reality which can challenge the Western linguistic heritage and rational mind.
16: Soul Loss - How Shamanic Healing can Restore Your Life Force
In the shamanic worldview, power and maintaining health go hand in hand, if the body is power-full, there is no room for illness or disease.
The soul can be seen as the essence or vital nature of a person, and soul loss is when we lose a part of this vital nature. This article explores how by 'holding' on to other people 's energy can lead to loss of our own.
17: Plant Spirit Shamanism - Developing your relationship with the Plant Spirits
Many of us feel a spiritual connection to the world of plants. This article explores ways to deepen our profound connection with the plants.
18: Plant Spirit Shamanism - The Medicinal Plants of the Amazon Rainforest
The traditional shamans and healers of the Amazon Rainforest have been working with some of the most remarkable plants which have both powerful medicinal and psycho-spiritual properties for many thousands of years. This article explores these ancient traditional ways of the plant shamans by the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism (published by Destiny Books USA)
19: An encounter with an extraordinary Healer from the Philippines.
This article explores the fascinating world of the psychic surgeons of the Philippines. The author runs special tours to the Philippines to work with some of these remarkable healers who perform operations with their bare hands.
20: The Cactus of Vision - San Pedro and the shamanic tradition of northern Peru.
Shamans from different cultures and traditions have been using psychoactive plants since the dawn of human emergence.
These plants have been used traditionally for guidance, divination, healing, maintaining a balance with the spirit or consciousness of the living world.
Howard G. Charing and Peter Cloudsley talk with
Maestro Juan Navarro
