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A Kurin Metsa Student Interview With Juan Enrique
by Mary Olivar, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member This is the second part of a series featuring the students of the Kurin Metsa School of Shamanism...
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A Kurin Metsa Student Interview With Joel Romario
by Mary Olivar, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member Welcome to the first part of a series featuring the students of the Kurin Metsa School of Shamanism...
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The Chawas of Chavin
By Juan Rivas Palacios I am a Chawa of the territory of Chavin, Peru, located above 10,000 feet in the Andes. Chawa is just a word for a guide. In...
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Anaconda Ceremony
by Kiran Lakshman A recent visit to the Shipibo shamans in the jungle terrain of Peru opened my eyes to a new level of unity between humans and Nature. It...
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Sacred Songs
by José Stevens, PhD The Shipibo are an indigenous tribe of approximately thirty-five thousand living in a far-flung area of the upper Amazon basin of Peru. Most reside in the...
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Why Do a Dieta?
By John Flynn Dieta is a Spanish word that means simply diet. The dietas originated as a plant-based practice for developing connection to the Spirit that underlies all of...
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Icaros: The Power of Song
by Stephen Vierra Quantum physicists will tell you that the reality we experience everyday is made up of different frequencies of vibration. High vibrations and low vibrations, creating the very...
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What do the patterns on the Shipibo textiles mean?
The pattern you see below was created by the Shipibo, and indigenous tribe that lives in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. The Shipibo see and hear these geometric patterns in nature and...
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Herlinda Agustin Fernandez, a Shipibo Shaman
by Katherine Skaggs And it seems with my commitment to go back to the jungle in November (2013), I was finally able to finish the painting of Herlinda, which I...
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