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| Living Shamanism: The Art of the Everyday Journey of Living Your Destiny |
| There’s a lyric to the song, “Circle of Life”, made popular by Elton John and in the Movie “The Lion King” that says: “You will find your place on the path unwinding…” This phrase and this song has become a favorite reflection of my life work as shama |
| Author: Ronda LaRue |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 4 |
| Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The fourth part of this article continues to explore this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chac |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 3 |
| Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The third part of this article continues to explore this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacru |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 5 |
| Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The fifth and concluding part of this article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Ch |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 2 |
| The second part of an article which explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis).
How can we enter into a c |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 1 |
| Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. This article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis) |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Moses, Ayahuasca, and Entheogens - Plant Spirit Shamanism from the Bible |
| “Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher”
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 Entheogen |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| The Sacred Traditions of the Andean Culture of Peru |
| The rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization is only now being properly recognised after 500 years of obscurity. This article takes a look at some of these traditions. Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley hold Retreat programmes in the Andes and Amazon where we work with many of |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca Mestizo Shaman Javier Arevalo in the Amazon Rainforest – 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.
Healing is at the centre of the Ayahuasca experience. Ayahuasca not |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| 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 |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Ayahuasca Mestizo Shaman Javier Arevalo in the Amazon Rainforest – Part 3 |
| In the third and concluding 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 |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Interview with 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, November 2007 by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing.
Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:00:00 -0500) |
| Interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez - Part 1 |
| The first part of an interview with Shipibo Shaman Enrique Lopez. Interviewed at Mishana, Amazon Rainforest Peru, November 2007 by Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing. Enrique discusses his early years in the indigenous Shipibo community in the Ucayali region of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
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| Author: Howard G Charing |
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| (Published: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman, Benjamin Ochavano Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. |
| Conversation with Benjamín Ochavano, Peru 2002
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 em |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
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| (Published: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Ayahuasca Shaman – Javier Arevalo Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest Peru. - Part 1 |
| 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 article is extracted from the original interview by Howard G Charing and Peter C |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
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| (Published: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Ayahuasca Shaman – Javier Arevalo Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest Peru. - Part 2 |
| Part 2 of Interview with Javier Arevalo
Why did the brujo want to kill your father?
Because he was a curandero who had cured someone who had been harmed by the brujo. It happens because we curanderos undo the work of the brujos and they get angry with us. This is the famous spiritual battle betw |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
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| (Published: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| 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 first came into contact with ayahuasca in 1979 after spending three |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
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| (Published: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The Way of The Lover - Sufi healing - part 1 |
| According to Sufi legend, the Prophet Sulaymăn was the first to learn the healing properties of flowers and herbs while he was at prayer one day, and a flower sprang up and greeted him. Sulaymăn returned the greeting and asked the flower what it wanted. It replied that it was a healer. Sulaymăn note |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The Way of The Lover - Sufi healing - part 2 |
| Another means of developing powers of skilful thought is to work with plants like valerian and vervain that have psycho-spiritual properties for acuity of mind and that help us to overcome negativity and inertia.
Valerian has been recorded from the sixteenth century as an aid to a restful mind an |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Planta maestras – the shaman’s teachers – part 1 |
| Planta maestras (plant masters or plant teachers) are key among the shaman’s tutelary spirits, his chief allies and guides to the worlds of health and healing. In ordinary reality, they are also considered the jungle’s most skilled and important ‘doctors’ because of their usefulness and relevance to |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Planta maestras – the shaman’s teachers – part 2 |
| AJO SACHA: STALKING THE SELF
This plant is a blood purifier and helps the body to rid itself of toxins (spiritual or physical) as well as restoring strength and equilibrium lost through illnesses that have an affect on the blood. More psycho-spiritually, it helps to develop acuity of mind and can |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Planta maestras – the shaman’s teachers – part 3 |
| MOCURA/MUCURA: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH
One of the qualities of this plant is its ability to boost one’s psychological and emotional strength. For this reason it is regarded as a ‘great balancer’, restoring connection and equilibrium between our rational mind and feelings. For example, |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Planta maestras – the shaman’s teachers – part 4 |
| UNA DE GATO: FOR BALANCE
Una de Gato (‘cat's claw’) is a tropical vine that grows in the rainforests. It gets its name from the small thorns at the base of the leaves, which look like a cat's claw and enable the vine to wind itself around trees, climbing to a height of up to 150 feet. The inner bar |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Pusanga – an interview with perfumeros - part 1 |
| Fragrance has long been associated with the arts of love. In Japan, Geisha girls priced their services according to the number of incense sticks consumed during love-making, while in Indian tantric rituals, men were anointed with sandalwood, and women with jasmine, patchouli, amber, musk, and with S |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Pusanga – an interview with perfumeros - part 2 |
| In the West, such magic is often looked down upon as manipulative - it may even be seen as evil because it takes away a person’s choice and freewill, so they have no option but to love you. In the Amazon, however, it is considered normal practice to use pusanga in this way. And, in fact, despite our |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Shamanic plant healing |
| Shamanic healing with plants is hardly ever – and certainly never solely – about administering ‘medicine’ in a form that a Western doctor might understand the term. Instead, it may include divination, the receipt of spirit blessings, magical potions to change ‘luck’, or the healing of the soul throu |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Hoodoo plant magic |
| The hoodoo tradition of the American South is another that works with plant energy while often not requiring a patient to ‘take’ a medicine to experience healing.
The word ‘hoodoo’ has African origins, and is used to describe various forms of magic, folk healing, and ‘hexing’, using roots and he |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Plant communication |
| How is it possible – as shamans contend - that plants can affect human beings, situations, circumstances, and life energies remotely, as it were? That is, without being used as a form of curative for a specific medical problem, but more as a means of magical attractant, harmoniser, or conduit for sp |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Cleansing the soul |
| In the ceremony of limpia – cleansing – the patient may sit on a wooden chair below which is a bowl of smoking copal incense. This will purify the patient’s body and is relaxing to any spirit intrusions, which are made drowsy by the smoke. As the limpia takes place, the shaman circles the patient, c |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Soul retrieval through Nature |
| Shamans believe that the soul can be lost through trauma, abuse, shock – and, fundamentally, by dishonouring nature or ignoring our need to connect with it.
In many shamanic countries, there are still roadside shrines where people can rest, pay their respects to the natural world, and receive he |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The death of a shaman |
| Every time a shaman dies, it is as if a library burned down
Mark Plotkin, Medicine Quest
There are nearly 270,000 species of flowering plants on Earth, and less than one percent of have been studied for their healing properties. Moreover, most of the research that is taking place is conducted in |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Voodoo Shamanism |
| What do we really know about ‘voodoo’ in the West? Almost nothing. Not even the correct spelling. Even now my computer underlines Vodou (its correct name) in red to inform me of a typo.
But feel the phoney word ‘voodoo’ in your mouth. It could be the first word a baby might form. A fantastic wor |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Floral baths |
| In Peru, floral baths known as banjos florales (‘flower baths’) are a staple of shamanic healing from the high Andes to the Amazon basin, where they are used to wash away unhelpful spirits so that blockages are removed and the energy of the universe can flood in to correct the imbalance.
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Fragrant fascinations |
| Our fascination with perfume began thousands of years ago, with the burning of scented plants mixed with gums and resins to create incense that was used for ritual as well as practical purposes - for merging with the natural world to increase the effectiveness of hunting, for example, as well as for |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: San pedro |
| In the shamanic traditions of Northern Peru, the san pedro cactus (Trichocereus pachanoi), or ‘cactus of vision’, opens the doorway to expanded awareness and acts as mediator between man and the gods.
San pedro grows on the dry eastern slopes of the Andes, between 2,000 - 3,000 metres above sea |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The seguro |
| Andean shaman, Juan Navarro, was born in the highland village of Somate, department of Piura. He is the descendant of a long line of healers working with san pedro and with the magical powers of the sacred lakes known as Las Huaringas, which have been revered for their healing properties since the e |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Nature's signatures |
| There is one concept that underlies all work in plant spirit shamanism, which is that nature itself will tell you what they are used for and its well-stocked medicine cabinet is right in front of us every day.
Shamans recognise the spiritual powers and qualities of plants in many ways: the colou |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible: Powers of darkness |
| In an age in the Western world where there is an almost insatiable yearning for “enlightenment,” what could be more timely than an invitation to reestablish a sacred relationship with darkness?
Indeed, it is in the redefinition of darkness that we discover an entryway into a potent transformatio |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible: Ceremonial darkness |
| My darkness falls suddenly and without warning.
One moment I am looking up at the night sky, marveling at the stars, like diamonds scattered on a jeweler’s velvet, the next I am held from behind, with a blindfold across my eyes. Then I am spun three times so I am no longer certain of direction a |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Divining with Coca - part 1 |
| The Incas regarded coca as the divine plant, mainly because of its ability to impart endurance, and its use was entwined with every aspect of life, art, mythology, and the economy of the Incan Empire.
Millions have chewed coca on a daily basis and the practice has continued for hundreds of years |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Divining with Coca - part 2 |
| That sounds like a psychological approach - what people are doing to themselves. How do you make sense of the belief that some problems are caused by sorcery?
I show the person that he is not the victim of sorcery and is creating the problem in his mind. Talking about it brings it out and is the fi |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The work of the medsen fey - part 1 |
| Loulou Prince is a medsen fey (leaf doctor/herbalist and shaman) in Jacmel, a small Haitian town close to the border with the Dominican Republic. In his daily practice, he deals with a range of health problems typical of the area – from aches and cuts and bruises symptomatic of the hard toil in the |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The work of the medsen fey - part 2 |
| Loulou also works with people who have chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension, and AIDS. While he is realistic and honest enough to admit that he cannot always cure these diseases, there is much that he can do to help the sufferer live a longer, healthier life.
"If a person has diabet |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Shamanic rock divination part 1 |
| The lessons of quantum physics and its new kid on the block, holographic theory, are that all things are intimately connected through the energy that infuses the universe and all it contains. According to our scientists, in fact, 90% of the universe is unknown, in that we typically only see 10% of t |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Divination part 2 |
| His next step would be to journey into the symbols, making himself a ‘hollow bone’ for the information they contained, so that his imagination was allowed free reign and the rational mind, with its tendency to interfere and over-analyse, was subdued. Through this intuitive link to the stone, each sy |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Ecstatic Trance Postures part 1 |
| Although I had practiced yoga for a number of years, I did not make much of a connection between the physical asanas as methods for exploring the world of spirit until I began working with indigenous shamans and discovered an ancient and little-known practice where body postures are used to guide wh |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Ecstatic Trance Postures part 2 |
| So you can, if you wish, try these postures for yourself, here are the instructions:
The Tattooed Jaguar
Kneel with your legs spread so your knees form a 'V' and your right big toe crosses over the left big toe. Rest your buttocks on your heels and bend forward slightly at the waist.
Curl yo |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism in Peru - part 1 |
| We are delighted to announce a new, dedicated programme enabling you to experience authentic Plant Spirit Shamanism and Ayahuasca Ceremonies in the hauntingly beautiful Peruvian Rainforest.
This event is focussed on healing and self-exploration, and offers a transformative encounter with the mag |
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| (Published: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism in Peru |
| The ‘Shaman’s Diet’ is a journey of self-exploration and discovery, bringing greater self-awareness and knowledge of the plants. It also enhances the Ayahuasca experience. Through the ritual exclusion of some foodstuffs and activities (which we will take care of for you) and work with a particular t |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant spirit shamanism: sin eating part 1 |
| When I was a child my family moved to the Herefordshire countryside, in the shadow of the Welsh Black Mountains and deep in the heart of Celtic mythology. At the edge of the village, alone and isolated from the rest of the scant community there was a small cottage, long fallen to disrepair; a place |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Celtic shamanism: fact or fiction? |
| Is there such a thing as 'Celtic shamanism’? Probably not.
Do we have a native shamanic tradition within the British Isles? Certainly.
These two statements are in no way contradictory. It only seems that way because of the word ‘Celtic’.
'Celtic', in fact, has been so over-used and so abuse |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism in France |
| This French Plant Spirit Shamanism medicine retreat is about discovering who we are, what we want from life, and where we are going - and finding plant allies that can help us in this. There will also be time to explore the beautiful countryside of the Pyrenees.
We attune ourselves to and diet t |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The pusanga for love |
| The quest for love unites us all. What if you could find it – and a simple perfume could help? That would be magic, wouldn’t it? Read on!
In the spiritual traditions of the Amazon in Peru, this magical perfume is called pusanga. It is a made from flowers and plants which have the power to attract |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism in Japan |
| Shinto is the folk-religion of Japan. Intrinsic to it is a belief in the spiritual power of nature and the protective energies of plants, trees, mountains, and other forces of the Earth. All of these are known as kami - the “genius” of “divinity” of nature – which may be a particular form like a fl |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: The ayahuasca experience |
| THE AYAHUASCA EXPERIENCE
Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the Upper Amazon. It is made from Ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaves of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis).
Both are collected from the rainforest in a sacred way and it is said that a shaman can find plen |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism part 1 |
| Since the beginning of human experience, plants have played a role in the evolution of our species, not only in the provision of food and medicine but in our deepest spiritual experience and the development of consciousness. Their form, beauty, enchanting scents, their healing and emotional qualitie |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism part 2 |
| One of the biggest challenges for the Western mind in learning how to work with plant spirits is our cultural fascination with science and measurement. This socialisation into ‘scientific thinking’ is hard to overcome because, as part of it, we have been taught to stifle our dreaming and imaginative |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Sacred mushrooms part 1 |
| A few years ago, I was called as an expert witness in a criminal case involving trance and possession. The circumstances of the case are not important to this article but, not to leave you hanging, had to do with a man who had flown to the UK from Nigeria and was found to be carrying cocaine when he |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Sacred mushrooms part 2 |
| Two of the most interesting aspects of fly-agaric are that it retains its effectiveness almost permanently, and that its effects are easily transmitted to others, notably through ingestion of urine from the first person to eat the mushrooms. The same effect can be transmitted to a third, fourth or f |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| Plant Spirit Shamanism: Ayahuasca |
| Shamanic healing often employs plants to good effect, though it is rarely about herbalism, per se. Indeed, most shamans are explicit that the pharmacological properties of the plants they employ are of far less importance than the spirit which is held by the plant. It is the spirit which heals, whil |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible: Life scripts part 1 |
| Tibetan Bon shamans believe that we are already one year old when we are born. Our first year of life is spent in our conception and gestation in the womb, a time when we are conscious, aware, and learning about the world through the experiences of our parents (especially the mother, in whose energy |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible: Life scripts part 2 |
| Looking at this story as a metaphor for the human condition, and tracing its outcome to first causes, we see that the problem for Oisin was not falling to the ground, but his acceptance of Niamh’s conditions in the first place. Because once we buy into limitations and restrictions, we act in accorda |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible: Life scripts part 3 |
| As soon as we are born our life stories begin to weave themselves more tightly around us. The process typically starts with throwaway comments (“He’s so like your father”, “He’ll be a doctor/teacher/play for England when he grows up”), all of which are instructions to a young mind that knows no diff |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Darkness Visible |
| In the creation myths of the world there is always a time of darkness before the birth of the human race and, within this darkness, an undifferentiated oneness where all is God and everything is one. There are no human beings, only God-beings, or rather, aspects of God waiting to be born – if a unif |
| Author: Ross Heaven |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Leoncio Garcia Interviewed |
| We interviewed Shipibo maestro Leoncio Garcia, a man in his mid seventies but with the appearance of a man twenty years younger. Again a testimonial to the youth giving qualities of Ayahuasca and the plant medicines of the Amazon Rainforest.
Interviewed at Mishana Private Retreat Centre, Amazon R |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience - Part 1 |
| General Information about Ayahuasca
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 can |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience - Part 2 |
| To understand ayahuasca in the local context, one cannot avoid taking a look at the ecological environment, such as the forest, cultural environment and indigenous cultures. This has structured the cultural content of ayahuasca.
There are many legends and myths about ayahuasca, one the more roma |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Preparation for the Ayahuasca Experience - Part 3 |
| The Shaman's Diet
An integral element of this preparation is to undertake a diet intended to reduce excessive sugar, salt, oils, pork, fat, and spicy food in the body in
preparation to be in communion with the spirit of Ayahuasca. Reduction of these should commence as soon as one commits to the |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 1 |
| We humans have a special relationship and dependence on plants. Since our beginnings, they have been the source both directly and indirectly of our food, our shelter, our medicines, our fuel, our clothing, and of course the very oxygen that we breathe. This is common knowledge and in general we take |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Cactus of Vision - San Pedro and the shamanic tradition of northern Peru. Part 2 |
| Talking with Juan Navarro
What is the relationship of the maestro
with San Pedro?
In the north of Peru the power of San Pedro works in combination with tobacco. Also the sacred lakes Las Huaringas are very important. This is where we go to find the most powerful healing herbs which we use to en |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Shamanic Divination Part 2 |
| An Exercise - Naskapi Sunbeam Divination Journey.
First meditate or reflect on what you want to locate or know the whereabouts of, remember the first principle of Intention. When ready, find a place where you will not be disturbed for half hour or so, darken the room, and lay down and relax. Note |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Soul Retrieval, An Ancient Body Of Practices To Restore Life Force |
| The recapitulation of life force is the body of work, which restores or recapitulates lost life force. Soul Retrieval is one of the most well-known and effective practices to this end.
To understand how recapitulation practices work, we need to look at the multidimensional nature of reality and m |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| The Cactus Of Vision - San Pedro And The Shamanic Tradition Of Northern Peru. Part 1 |
| The hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus has been used since ancient times, and in Peru the tradition has been unbroken for over 3,000 years. The earliest depiction of the cactus is a carving showing a mythological being holding a San Pedro, and dates from about 1300 bc. It comes from the Chavín culture |
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| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Plant Spirit Shamanism - Developing Your Relationship With The Plant Spirits |
| mind. I tell them that the plant is alive & conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water & sap move are the veins of the spirit.
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| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Shamanic Divination Part 1. |
| Shamanism is not a system of belief or faith, it is a system of knowledge, and divination is one of the paths to gain direct knowledge. Direct knowledge can be defined as that which is experienced first hand by the senses. Divination is not 'fortune telling', it is a way to a deeper understanding of |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Medicine for the Soul - Plant Spirit Shamanism of the Amazon Rainforest. Part 2 |
| On the edge of the Amazonian town Iquitos is the market river port of Belen, which has the famous street ‘Pasaje Paquito’ where many of the rainforest, herbs, plants, mixtures, tinctures are sold. Chatting to Juanita the owner of the stall where I buy plants from, I remember her describing some of |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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| (Published: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:00:00 -0400) |
| Medicine for the Soul - Plant Spirit Shamanism of the Amazon Rainforest. Part 1 |
| ‘Whether the plant is to heal the body or the spirit or whether it is part of an apprenticeship, what makes it work is your good intention towards the plant. They are beings, which have their own forms or they can be like human beings with faces and bodies. When the spirit accepts the person, and th |
| Author: Howard G Charing |
| Directory: Philosophy - Shaman |
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