The haunting, plaintive music of Peruvian shamans was recorded at ceremonies in the Peruvian Andes and the Amazon rainforest. The chants and icaros have an organic relationship to the medicine plants, and are primarily intended as devotional music for a ceremony. It is equally possible…
[scribd id=83129281 key=key-7pu125d4l483z5f6pqp mode=list] The Living Inca Heritage by Peter Cloudsley: Published in Geographical Magazine. INCA and pre-Inca cultures are generally assigned to the realms of history,incarnate only in Machu Picchu and other famous sites. Yet the Peruvian Indians have doggedly preserved some of the…
[scribd id=82732649 key=key-lymbfz9vyhmx2bkyiuc mode=list] This magnificent book by W. Golden Mortimer, published in 1901 and long out of print, has been digitized by Microsoft for the University of California and now available in the Open Internet Archive. The book contains nearly 200 hundred illustrations.
Medicinal and Shamanic Plants of Peru, a set on Flickr. I’ve been adding more photos from the archives.
Frotacion de COCA, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Frotacion de COCA Erythroxylum – The Peruvian ‘Tiger Balm’ reinforced with Wira Sacha aka Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). The frotacion is also good to relieve insect bites, and It’s a very pretty little tin…
[scribd id=81813295 key=key-jgb20m51bp64178ruux mode=list] A very well researched and informative study from the Transnational Institute about the Coca (erythroxylum) plant.
coca leaf products in Peru., a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Coca (Erythroxylon coca). Products made from coca leaf in Peru. The Incas regarded coca as ‘the divine plant’ mainly because of its property of imparting endurance, nevertheless its use was entwined with…
[scribd id=81739611 key=key-cljsxvum4endf6abiar mode=list] As documented by the Transnational Institute: The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – recently endorsed by the United States in December 2010 – states that “indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional…
THE SHAMANS OF PERU CD Ceremonial Chants, Icaros, and Music Shamans of Peru – Recorded on Eagle’s Wing Journeys to Peru Contains chants and dramatic effects of six different ceremonies with shamans who have worked with Eagle’s Wing Groups. Two ceremonies with San Pedro maestros…
A photo gallery from our March 2008 Andean Shamanism Retreat in Peru. Shamanism Retreat with San Pedro Shamans and Coca Leaf Diviner and Curandera
