Articles tagged: "plant spirit shamanism"
1: Moses, Ayahuasca, and the Ten Commandments - Biblical Plant Spirit Shamanism
The world wide media interest in Benny Shanon 's paper about Moses and entheogens, is encouraging us to take a good and hard look at the roots of religions and the notion that they were based on fertility cults, and shamanic practices such as Entheogens (or hallucinogenic) plants as a source of spiritual communion with the universal consciousness, or the mind of God.
2: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Enrique Lopez in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 2
The second part of an interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez. Interviewed at Mishana, Amazon Rainforest Peru by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing, November 2007. Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. Enrique talks about the Shipibo views on Ayahuasca and medicinal plants.
3: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Enrique Lopez in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 1
The first part of an interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez. Interviewed at Mishana, Amazon Rainforest Peru by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing, November 2007. Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. Enrique talks about the Shipibo views on Ayahuasca and medicinal plants.
4: Ayahuasca Mestizo Shaman Javier Arevalo in the Amazon Rainforest – Part 2
In the second part of the interview with Javier, we continue to explore the use of Healing plants and Ayahuasca. discusses his involvement with the shamanic Plant medicines of the Amazon, and Ayahuasca in particular. Javier was interviewed by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley in the Peru, Amazon Rainforest 2000.
5: Ayahuasca Mestizo Shaman Javier Arevalo in the Amazon Rainforest ГўпїЅпїЅ Part 1
Javier was interviewed by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley in the Peru, Amazon Rainforest 2000. In this interview Javier discusses his involvement with the shamanic Plant medicines of the Amazon, and Ayahuasca in particular.
6: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Enrique Lopez in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 2
The second part of an interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez. Interviewed at Mishana, Amazon Rainforest Peru by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing, November 2007. Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. Enrique talks about the Shipibo views on Ayahuasca and medicinal plants.
7: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Enrique Lopez in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 1
The first part of an interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez. Interviewed at Mishana, Amazon Rainforest Peru by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing, November 2007. Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. Enrique talks about the Shipibo views on Ayahuasca and medicinal plants.
8: 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.
9: 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.
10: 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
11: Ayahuasca Shamans and the Healing Plants of the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 2
The second part of a meeting between Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley who interview two Ayahuasca shamans from the Amazon, Artidoro Aro Cardenas, and Javier Arevalo to discover more about the medicinal, mythological, and healing properties of some of the plants to be found in the Amazon Rainforest.
12: Ayahuasca Shamans and the Healing Plants of the Amazon Rainforest of Peru - Part 1
Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley interview two Ayahuasca shamans from the Amazon, Artidoro Aro Cardenas, and Javier Arevalo to discover more about the medicinal, mythological, and healing properties of some of the plants to be found in the Amazon Rainforest.
13: The Enigma of Psychic Surgery in the Philippines Part 3 - Placido Palitayan
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14: The Enigma of Psychic Surgery in the Philippines Part 2 - Jun Labo
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16: Ayahuasca & Plant Spirit Shamanism - Amazon Rainforest Retreat Peru
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. This programme will take place in the Mishana Private Retreat Centre. We have 57 Hectares (140 acres) of land with a lodge in the Allpahuayo Mishana Nature reserve.
17: The Spiritual Traditions of the Andes, an Interview with Doris Rivera Lenz - Part 2
This article continues to look at the rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization which is only now being properly recognised after 500 years of obscurity. This interview of Doris Rivera Lenz, was conducted by Howard G. Charing & Peter Cloudsley. This interview appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 57, and the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).
18: The Spiritual Traditions of the Andes; an Interview with Doris Rivera Lenz - Part 1
A look at the rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization which is only now being properly recognised after 500 years of obscurity. This interview of Doris Rivera Lenz, was conducted by Howard G. Charing & Peter Cloudsley. This interview appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 57, and the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).
19: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman, Benjamin Ochavano Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley interviewed Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Benjamin Ochavano in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru, who is in his mid seventies to discuss how Ayahuasca can help those Westerners who are seeking personal growth and who have embarked on the great journey of self discovery and exploration. Also a good look about the relationship between people and the Amazon Rainforest from a tribal perspective.
20: 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.
21: Ayahuasca Shaman – Javier Arevalo Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest Peru.
Spirituality is at the centre of the Ayahuasca experience. Purification and cleansing of body, mind, and spirit in a shamanic ceremony can be the beginning of a process of profound personal and spiritual discovery. This process can continue indefinitely even if one never drinks Ayahuasca again. This article is extracted from the original interview by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley which appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine.
22: 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).
23: 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
24: 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?
25: 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.
26: 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).
27: Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Leoncio Garcia Interviewed
The Shipibo are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Peruvian Amazon. These ethnic groups each have their own languages, traditions and culture. The Shipibo which currently number about 20,000 are spread out in communities through the Pucallpa / Ucayali river region. They are highly regarded in the Amazon as being masters of Ayahuasca, and many aspiring shamans and Ayahuasqueros from the region study with the Shipibo to learn their language, chants, and plant medicine knowledge. In this article we interview the Shipibo maestro Leoncio Garcia.
28: 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.
29: 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.
30: Yoga and Shamanism
An exploration of ancient teachings, how discrete bodily postures can generate deep, spiritual, divinatory, and healing experience. This body of knowledge was re-discovered in the 1970’s by Felicitas Goodman.
31: The Worlds Of the Shaman - Exploring Reality
“Reality is an Illusion, albeit a persistent one.” Albert Einstein. Shamans for many thousands of years have pointing in the same direction as Quantum Physics. There is a greater reality outside our limited perception. This article explores the worlds of the shaman.
32: Shamans of Peru, Sacred Chants, Icaros, and Music
The haunting, plaintive music of Peruvian shamans was recorded by the Eagle 's Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanism at ceremonies in the Peruvian Andes and the Amazon rainforest.
Although the chants and icaros have an organic relationship to the medicine plants and shamanic journeying of each particular ritual, and are primarily intended as devotional music for inner-journeying. It is equally possible to listen to the hypnotically beautiful sounds in their own right and simply enjoy them for their otherworldly loveliness.
33: 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.
34: Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 2
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.
35: 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.
36: The Shaman 's Path - A Journey Into Timeless Worlds
Shamanism is not a system of belief or faith, it is a system of knowledge, and is directly experienced first hand by the senses. Shamanism has always been a way for living as humans on our planet Earth, both in balance within ourselves and the world of which we are part.
37: 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
38: 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.
39: 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.
40: The Worlds Of the Shaman - An Exploration Of Reality
“Reality is an Illusion, albeit a persistent one.” Albert Einstein. Shamans for many thousands of years have pointing in the same direction as Quantum Physics. There is a greater reality outside our limited perception. This article explores the worlds of the shaman.
41: Shamanic Divination
Divination is one of the paths to gain direct experiential knowledge. Experiential knowledge can be defined as that which is experienced first hand by the senses.
This article explores the world of shamanism and demonstrates traditional ways to obtain 'hidden' knowledge by divination.
42: Ayahuasca Retreats – an encounter with an Amazonian Shaman
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 ‘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.
Interviewed with Peter Cloudsley.
43: The visionary world of Ayahuasca
This article explores the visionary and spiritual realms of the Amazonian brew Ayahuasca. This extraordinary world to which we are transported by plants is not accessible through the verbal rational mind but through dream language or an expansion of the imagination. Thus dreams & our imaginative powers act like doorways during a plant diet and connect us with the plant spirit. By the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism.
44: SHAMANIC TRANCE POSTURES – A VISIONARY PATH TO ECSTATIC EXPERIENCE
This article explores the ancient teachings, how discrete bodily postures can generate deep, spiritual, divinatory, and healing experience. This body of knowledge was re-discovered in the 1970’s by Felicitas Goodman.
45: 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.
46: 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)
47: 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.
48: Soul Retrieval, an ancient body of practices to restore well being and healing
This article explores the traditional shamanic practice of restoring well-being, balance, and powerful healing. This body of practices is called Soul Retrieval.
49: 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
50: Medicine for the Soul - Plant Spirit Healing of the Amazon Rainforest
An introduction to the magical world of the Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest, masters of plant spirit medicine. By the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism published by Destiny Books (USA).
