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A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants

[scribd id=82775289 key=key-2nci99x84022j0n91tdc mode=list] A Golden Guide to Hallucinogenic Plants by Richard Evans Schultes & Elmer W. Smith Published in 1976,  this book has been out of print for many years. It is  beautifully illustrated with detailed botanical paintings and extremely  informative narratives. There is…

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Pablo Amaringo featured on ‘Living in Peru’

Click to view feature on the Living in Peru website.   Pablo Amaringo, from the Amazon city of Pucallpa, Peru, was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by shamanic visions. A communicator of the ayahuasca experience, a ritual hallucinogen from Peru’s Amazon, Amaringo’s art…

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NEW BOOK – The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo – FORTHCOMING April 2011

About The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo A new collection of never-before-published paintings by renowned artist Pablo Amaringo • With written contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen • Contains 47 color plates of Amaringo’s latest works,…

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Ayahuasca, Moses, and the Ten Commandments – Entheogens of the Old Testament

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,…

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Pablo Amaringo – at home in Pucallpa – Video Clip

A clip of the great visionary artist Pablo Amaringo at his home in Pucallpa (Peru). Pablo is showing Howard some of his work, including some large mural paintings. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sGQQ_QIfw]

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Pablo Amaringo’s Foreword to the book Plant Spirit Shamanism

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 a true visionary, and wrote this inspirational foreword to the book Plant Spirit Shamanism…

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Interview with Pablo Amaringo – Original PDF

A rare interview with the great visionary artist Pablo Amaringo, at his home in Pucallpa. This interview by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley was first published in Sacred Hoop magazine. Interview with Pablo Amaringo by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley Visit our website…

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Machu Picchu – movie clip

Machu Picchu – located about 2,350 meters above sea level. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in South America. And it is also located in the breathtaking and awesomely beautiful Andes of Peru. Soundtrack Music from ‘Shamans of Peru’ CD by Eagle’s…

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Coca, and the Spiritual Traditions of the Andean Shamans

PDF of an Article first published in Sacred Hoop magazine with an extended interview with Andean curandera, Doris Rivera Lenz. By Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley. Coca, and the Spiritual Traditions of the Andean Shamans PDF Article Click for details on our Andean and…

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