by Patricia Liles, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member In 2017 we began our Wixárika (Huichol) five-year temple complex restoration project, in Las Latas, Mexico. The project, which focused on
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Preserving Shipibo Wisdom With the Kurin Metsa School
by Mary Olivar, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Board Member “Cuando nosotros hablamos, tenemos mucho potencial en nuestra boca. El aroma y la potencia para ayudar a la gente.” “When we
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Protecting the Kurin Metsa Medicinal Garden
by Pallah Baker, Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange Director of Operations Enrique, the elder “Onanya” (shaman in Shipibo), helps clear the area for building a perimeter fence around the medicine garden at
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The Purifying Power of Siete Montes
by Christopher Casillas, CSEE Board Member Last year, you learned how The Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange, CSEE is Supporting Traditional Maya Medicine and Spirituality through a partnership with New Mexico-based, nonprofit,
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The Tradition of Making Uweni and Itsi
Text, photographs, and illustrations by Totupica Candelario English translation and plant species identification by Humberto Fernández, Conservación Humana AC Introduction by Patricia Liles, CSEE Board Member “The Center for
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Pilgrimage to Wirikuta
by Diana Quinn Indigenous peoples occupy about 20% of the world’s territory, which is home to about 80% of the world’s biodiversity. By protecting their land rights, we protect the future of life on
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