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Ayahuasca Icaros, the Magical Chants of the Amazonian Shamans.

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

I recall one night time Ayahuasca ceremony, held in a small clearing in the Amazon rainforest. It was a beautiful clear night, there was no moon, and the sky was filled with hundreds of thousands ...

Coca and the Sacred Plants of the Incas - Plant Spirit Shamanism of the Andes

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

The Incas regarded coca as ‘the divine plant’ mainly because of its property of imparting endurance, nevertheless its use was entwined with every aspect of life; the art, mythology, culture and economy of the Inca ...

The Attributes of Plants, and the Spirit of Life - a Shaman’s Perspective.

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

The shamans work with the power of the plants in many ways, the colours of the flowers, the perfume, their shape, form, and associations. This although does not play a role in modern medicine, this ...

Shamans of Peru CD

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

The Shamans of Peru - Ceremonial Chants, Icaros, and Music This unique set of recordings documents a collection of ceremonial chants and Ayahuasca icaros on CD. The haunting, plaintive music of Peruvian shamans was recorded ...

Plant Spirit Shamanism, Folk Medicine, and Homeopathy

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

Listening to the Plants – Nature is Talking to us. The shamans say that plants connect us with nature because they take their nourishment directly from the earth, as well as the sun’s rays, the ...

Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 2

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

I discovered that Ayahuasca is a medicine, so unlike the Western understanding, a medicine which works on every level, on the physical and non-physical beings, our consciousness, our emotions, and our spirit. It is as ...

Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 1

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

We humans have a special relationship and dependence on plants. Since our beginnings, they have been the source both directly and indirectly of our food, our shelter, our medicines, our fuel, our clothing, and of ...

Soul Retrieval, How Shamanic Healing can restore our Life Force

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

Soul Retrieval – Shamanism and Healing. The recapitulation of life force is the body of work, which restores or recapitulates lost life force. Soul Retrieval is one of the most well-known and effective practices to ...

Ayahuasca Retreat – Interviewing an Amazonian Shaman

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

After being virtually ignored by Western civilization for centuries, there has been a huge surge of interest in Ayahuasca recently. There is a growing belief that it is a kind of ‘medicine for our times’, ...

Ayahuasca - Plant Spirit Shamanism in the Amazon

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

This article explores the visionary and spiritual realms of the Amazonian brew Ayahuasca. This extraordinary world to which we are transported by plants is not accessible through the verbal rational mind but through dream language ...

Plant Spirit Shamanism - The Medicinal & Healing Plants of the Amazon Rainforest

By Howard G Charing · 17 years ago

The traditional shamans and healers of the Amazon Rainforest have been working with some of the most remarkable plants which have both powerful medicinal and psycho-spiritual properties for many thousands of years. This article explores ...