Pablo Amaringo - Book Foreword

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

Pablo Amaringo was one of the world's great visionary artists. He was 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.

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Pablo Amaringo - Foreword to the book Plant Spirit Shamanism

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009 RIP

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009 RIP
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Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009 RIP

Funeral in Pucallpa, Peru.

Pablo Amaringo - Local Pucallpa news reports, Nov 2009

Pablo Amaringo 1938 -2009

Local (Pucallpa) Newspaper reports (Nov 2009)

Pablo Amaringo Gallery, Pucallpa, Peru

Pablo Amaringo Gallery
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The Pablo Amaringo Gallery

The sign on the remodelled Usko Ayar school which is planned to house the Pablo Amaringo gallery, in Pucallpa, Peru.

Pablo Amaringo RIP 1938 - 2009

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009
Originally uploaded by Howard G Charing

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009

It is with great sadness that Pablo Amaringo passed away at his home in the early hours of this morning. His funeral will be held on Wednesday in Pucallpa.

His paintings, his wisdom, and his beauty have been an inspiration to thousands of people all over the world.

Thank you Pablo for everything.

Howard G Charing

Tuesday 16th November: Lima, Peru

Pablo Amaringo - with wood bark painting in traditional Shipibo style.

Pablo Amaringo - with traditional Shipibo wood bark painting
Originally uploaded by Howard G Charing

Pablo Amaringo - with traditional Shipibo wood bark painting.

Pablo Amaringo - painting 'Ayahuasca Chayana'

Pablo Amaringo - Ayahuasca Chayana
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Pablo Amaringo - 'Ayahuasca Chayana'

Pablo Amaringo - with Alli Mariri painting

Pablo Amaringo - Alli Mariri
Originally uploaded by Howard G Charing

Pablo Amaringo - Alli Mariri

Pablo Amaringo eulogies Nov 18th 2009

Pablo Amaringo eulogies Nov 18th 2009
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Eulogies for Pablo Amaringo November 18th 2009 at Pucallpa, Peru.

Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake 17 November 2009

Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake 17 November 2009
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Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake.
17th November 2009, at his home in Pucallpa Peru

Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake 17 November 2009

Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake 17 November 2009
Originally uploaded by Howard G Charing

Pablo Amaringo Funeral Wake.
17th November 2009, at his home in Pucallpa Peru

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009

Pablo Amaringo 1938 - 2009

It is with great sadness that Pablo Amaringo passed away at his home in the early hours of this morning. His funeral will be held on Wednesday in Pucallpa.

His paintings, his wisdom, and his beauty have been an inspiration to thousands of people all over the world.

Thank you Pablo for everything.

Howard G Charing

Tuesday 16th November: Lima, Peru

Click link to view some of his paintings