Is the Titanoboa the legendary Sachamama of Amazonian Mythology? Although this doesn’t have much to do with the theme of this blog, but when I saw the pictures of the snake – it was so gob-smacking that I wanted to post about it. Meanwhile I’m…
Is the Titanoboa the legendary Sachamama of Amazonian Mythology? Although this doesn’t have much to do with the theme of this blog, but when I saw the pictures of the snake – it was so gob-smacking that I wanted to post about it. Meanwhile I’m…
[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.
[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…
Shamans of Peru, a set on Flickr. A Photo Gallery of some of the Peruvian Shamans that we have worked with over the years.
[slideshare id=11559238&doc=shipibo-ayahuasca-shamans-120214033626-phpapp02&type=d] Interviews with three Shipibo Shamans, Benjamin Ochavano, Leoncio Garcia, and Enrique Lopez by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley
[scribd id=81167159 key=key-10rzaapzhnxim2ky4nda mode=list] ‘El Dominical’ review of the art exhibition ‘Amazonica’, at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru.This would be of interest to students taking online college art classes. A crude translation of the feature; Forty Amazon artists from different generations, trends…
This stone is forged in space and brought down to earth when summoned by the sumiruna (the highest grade of shaman) for initiating his disciples in voyaging to other galaxies. The sumirunas below are learning how to receive spiritual fire and how to withstand extreme…