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shamanism

Unraveling the Mystery: The San Pedro Cactus and the Creation of Andean Civilization at Chavin de Huantar

The psychedelic properties of the San Pedro cactus may have been what kick-started the complex Chavín civilization.Huachuma, more commonly referred to as San...

I Thought I Came to Peru to Simply Write a Book. And Then I Met My Shipibo Maestro

This is the story of how I've developed a deep and family-like relationship with a four-generation lineage of indigenous Shipibo shamans (known as onányas.)...

Life Purpose: Following My Heart’s Calling to Come to Peru

If you feel the call to come to Peru, then please come, and search into your soul for all that gets in the way of...

Film Making, Shamanism, And Transformational Living In The Peruvian Jungles

This is the story of a serendipitous meeting between two worldly adventurers who converge in the jungles of Peru to apprentice with an elder...

Draw Me A Picture: Shipibo Youth Tell Their Stories

Several years ago when I traveled to the jungles to do my first plant medicine diet, I intended to be in silence and isolation....

Curing the Incurable in the Jungle: My Healing Story

I was sick, and now I’m healed. Two years ago I came to Manu, in the Amazon jungle of Peru, to heal with medicinal plants. This is my journey to recovery