Ayahuasca and the Visual Music of the Shipibo

Underlying the intricate geometric patterns of great complexity displayed in the art of the Shipibo people is a concept of an all pervading magical reality which can challenge the Western linguistic heritage and rational mind.

Communion with the Infinite - Ayahuasca: The Visual Music of the Shipibo tribe of the Amazon

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Coca and the Shamanic Traditions of the Andes

Spiritual Traditions of the Andean Shamans

Preparing for the Future, traditional Andean healer Doris Rivera Lenz

Doris Rivera Lenz talks to Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley about the effect of belief on health, how we get sick, and how she helps patients recover, and she looks to a future when we will need to keep balance as material values no longer isolate us from the Earth

First Published in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 57, 2007





Coca and the Shamanic Traditions of the Andes

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San Pedro - the Cactus of Vision

San Pedro - the Cactus of Vision

The use of San Pedro cactus and healing altars in the shamanic tradition of Northern Peru. Shamans from different cultures and traditions have been using psychoactive plants since the dawn of human emergence. These plants have been used traditionally for guidance divination, healing, maintaining a balance with the spirit or consciousness of the living world.

HOWARD G. CHARING & PETER CLOUDSLEY, talk with Maestro JUAN NAVARRO.

Article first published, in Sacred Hoop Magazine, Issue Summer 2004.

San Pedro - the Cactus of Vision

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Birds and Animals of Mishana Reserve, Amazon Rainforest - Peru

A Guide book to the birds and animals in the Mishana protected reserve in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.

This reserve due to a combination of geological factors and diverse soil types supports a unique community of plant and animal species. It is the ‘jewel’ in the crown for bird-watchers and contains dozens of species which are unique to this area. The Reserve contains one of the highest biodiversities known in the Amazon basin. The Lodge is located directly on the Rio Nanay which is a tributary of the Amazon River.

Birds and Animals of Mishana Reserve, Amazon Rainforest - Peru

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Ayahuasca Shaman - Interview

Ayahuasca Shaman - Javier Arevalo Interview


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). The two make a potent medicine which opens the doors to experiencing the energetic world which underlies the world of everyday.

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.

Interview by Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley


Ayahuasca Shaman - Interview

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CD - Drumming for the Shamanic Journey

Drumming for the Shamanic Journey
With Leo Rutherford & Howard G. Charing






Drumming for the Shamanic Journey CD

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THE SHAMANS OF PERU CD Ceremonial Chants, Icaros, and Music

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 working in the atmospheric ruins of Puruchucu; two ayahuasca shamans, a man and a woman, in separate sessions working in a jungle temple on the River Momon, outside Iquitos; a Shipibo shaman working in Yarinacocha, outside Pucullpa; and lastly, a despacho in the ruins of Pisaq, Cusco. In addition there are three tracks of atmospheric music played on pre-Colombian instruments.

Shamans of Peru CD

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Pablo Amaringo - Foreword & Interview

Foreword by Pablo Amaringo, to the book 'Plant Spirit Shamanism'.

Pablo Amaringo is one of the world's great visionary artists. He is renowned for his highly complex, colourful and intricate paintings inspired by his visions from when he was an Ayahuasca shaman. He trained as a curandero or healer in the Amazon, healing himself and others from the age of ten, but gave this up in 1977 to become a full-time painter and art teacher at the Usko-Ayar school of Amazonian art which he founded. His book, Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, co-authored with Luis Eduardo Luna, brought his work and the rich mythology of the Amazon to a wide public in the West.

Also in the package is an interview with Pablo Amaringo, by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley.


Pablo Amaringo - Foreword to the book Plant Spirit Shamanism

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Ayahuasca Shipibo Shamans

This booklet contains original source interviews with three Shipibo ayahuasca shamans.
By Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley.

Shipibo Ayahuasca Shamans

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