http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com The ofrendaAn 'ofrenda' is the most important ceremony used by Andean Indians to relate with Mother Earth. The ofrenda is a symbol of reciprocity with nature and its purpose is to teach us to reproduce this attitude. Through it we speak back ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_240429_29.html 06th November 2007 Conversation with Benjamín Ochavano, Peru 2002 Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley interviewed Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Benjamin Ochavano in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru, who is in his mid seventies to discuss how Ayahuasca can help those We... http://www.articlealley.com/article_200607_24.html 13th August 2007 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. This process can continue indefinitely e... http://www.articlealley.com/article_197625_29.html 06th August 2007 Alonso del Rio is a powerful maestro who interweaves Shipibo and other icaros with sacred music of his own to lead you on your journey; he is both a talented musician and an inspiring communicator of the Amazonian shamanic world. He first came into contac... http://www.articlealley.com/article_197624_48.html 06th August 2007 Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley met with Pablo at the school which he founded (Usko-Ayar school of painting) in Pucullpa in the Peruvian Amazon where he lives and paints, and interviewed Pablo about his life as a shaman and artist. A copy of the i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195784_50.html 01st August 2007 Pablo Amaringo is one of the world’s greatest visionary artists, and is renowned for his highly complex, colourful and intricate paintings of his visions from drinking the Ayahuasca brew. Pablo is interviewed at his gallery in Pucallpa, Peru, by Howard ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_190755_51.html 24th July 2007 The Shamans of the Amazon, exhibit a close union with the Natural World. This powerful emotional and spiritual bond, enables them to commune with the powers of the Rainforest. Singing the chants or Icaros, is a way that this bond is expressed, and the Rai... http://www.articlealley.com/article_184819_48.html 11th July 2007 The Western rational mind can only struggle, to take as an example the famed ‘love potion’ of the Amazon known as the Pusanga. In rational terms it makes no sense whatsoever, how can a concoction of leaves, roots, and seeds attract a lover, or good lu... http://www.articlealley.com/article_183492_24.html 05th July 2007 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 understanding has a long history most notably introduced... http://www.articlealley.com/article_183106_26.html 05th July 2007 There is considerable discussion and opinion on what a shaman is. The word itself is rooted in the word šaman from the Tungus people in central Asia. Definitions vary greatly in modern society. Do these ancient ways of viewing the world have any relevanc... http://www.articlealley.com/article_182607_24.html 03rd July 2007 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 Empire. Millions of Indians have ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_182025_29.html 02nd July 2007 The Amazon Rainforest is home to many thousands of plant species, and has the richest bio-diversity on the planet. Plants and herbs used for medicinal purposes flourish there. The traditional healers and shamans of the Amazon have been working with these ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_181569_23.html 01st July 2007 The 16th century alchemist and philosopher, Paracelsus, introduced in his treatise the Doctrine of Signatures , the concept that the Creator has placed his seal on plants to indicate their medicinal uses. Underlying Paracelsus’ treatise was the premi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_181568_26.html 01st July 2007 ‘Whether the plant is to heal the body or the spirit or whether it is part of an apprenticeship, what makes it work is your good intention towards the plant. They are beings, which have their own forms or they can be like human beings with faces and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180543_24.html 01st July 2007 ‘Whether the plant is to heal the body or the spirit or whether it is part of an apprenticeship, what makes it work is your good intention towards the plant. They are beings, which have their own forms or they can be like human beings with faces and ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_180539_29.html 01st July 2007 We interviewed Shipibo maestro Leoncio Garcia, a man in his mid seventies but with the appearance of a man twenty years younger. Again a testimonial to the youth giving qualities of Ayahuasca and the plant medicines of the Amazon Rainforest. Interviewe... http://www.articlealley.com/article_179239_29.html 29th June 2007 In traditional wisdom and knowledge, life is a continuum that does not end at the moment of death. One of the most important traditional tasks of the seer, shaman, medicine man or woman is to assist people who are either dying or the spirits of those who ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_178207_51.html 29th June 2007 General Information about Ayahuasca 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’, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_177733_22.html 26th June 2007 The Shamanic Journey is a technique which facilitates a visionary experience into expanded awareness. This activates our imagination and creativity, and allows us to bypass linear, familar and rational thinking. In this state of expanded awareness we can... http://www.articlealley.com/article_175856_48.html 18th June 2007 Ayahuasca Retreat We are pleased to present a dedicated programme in the Amazon rainforest, which is focussed on an inner and deep self-exploration and encounter with the power of the rainforest. This is an adventure into the magical world of the ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_175558_29.html 16th June 2007 Eagle's Wing initiated the Practitioner training course in 1994 and since then many participants have successfully been working with these Shamanic healing methods in their healing practice. This is an advanced Practitioner training Programme. This tra... http://www.articlealley.com/article_175253_22.html 16th June 2007 Drumming for the Shamanic Journey - Part 2 The Shamanic Journey is a technique which facilitates a visionary experience into expanded awareness. This activates our imagination and creativity, and allows us to bypass linear, familar and rational ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_174649_48.html 16th June 2007 The Shamanic Journey is a technique which facilitates a visionary experience into expanded awareness. This activates our imagination and creativity, and allows us to bypass linear, familar and rational thinking. In this state of expanded awareness we can... http://www.articlealley.com/article_174647_48.html 16th June 2007 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. Tracks 1-3 San Pedro ceremony held in Puruchucu, at the head of the Rimac valley. The r... http://www.articlealley.com/article_173406_48.html 15th June 2007 What is Shamanism? Shamanism is the oldest way in which humanity has sought connection with Creation. The origins of shamanism go back at least 40,000 - 50,000 years to Stone age times. All of us have evolved from shamanic cultures, it is our root... http://www.articlealley.com/article_173402_48.html 15th June 2007 The haunting, plaintive music of Peruvian shamans was recorded by the Eagle's Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanism at ceremonies in the Peruvian Andes and the Amazon rainforest. Although the chants and icaros have an organic relationship to the medic... http://www.articlealley.com/article_170734_48.html 06th June 2007 Writing from my own personal perspective from my years of work and research in the Amazon Rainforest with the shamans and curanderos who drink the visionary plant brew called Ayahuasca. I use the term ‘shaman’ as a convenience as this title has only ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_170388_17.html 05th June 2007 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 if you are drinking not just a liquid... http://www.articlealley.com/article_168730_24.html 01st June 2007 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 course the very oxygen that we breathe. Th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_168729_24.html 01st June 2007 The ‘doctrine of signatures’ is at the heart of homeopathy, folk medicine, and plant shamanism. The doctrine was revealed by the great alchemist and physician Paracelus who lived in the 16th Century. The underlying principle was that the healing prope... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167142_17.html 30th May 2007 In the shamanic worldview, power and maintaining health go hand in hand, if the body is power-full, there is no room for illness or disease. The soul can be seen as the essence or vital nature of a person, and soul loss is when we lose a part of this vita... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167141_24.html 30th May 2007 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 air, and water. They allow us to know and recog... http://www.articlealley.com/article_166788_17.html 30th May 2007 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 air, and water. They allow us to know and recog... http://www.articlealley.com/article_166584_23.html 30th May 2007 The Magical Art of the Shipibo People of the Upper Amazon 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... http://www.articlealley.com/article_165617_29.html 30th May 2007 “Reality is an Illusion, albeit a persistent one.” Albert Einstein. Shamans for many thousands of years have pointing in the same direction as Quantum Physics. There is a greater reality outside our limited perception. This article explores the worlds... http://www.articlealley.com/article_163374_51.html 22nd May 2007 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’, giving hope to people with ‘incurable’ dis... http://www.articlealley.com/article_162761_51.html 21st May 2007 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 these ancient trad... http://www.articlealley.com/article_162757_51.html 21st May 2007 Shamanism offers a way for people to become aware of their potential, and begin to explore their spiritual relationship to the universe, to other forms of life, and to each other. The experiences which come from shamanism help a person to evolve a deeper ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_162752_51.html 21st May 2007 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 these ancient trad... http://www.articlealley.com/article_161720_51.html 21st May 2007 Over the years there has been much controversy about the so-called miracle healers of the Philippines. Their ability to open peoples bodies and perform operations without the use of any surgical equipment i.e their bare hands or with rusty hunting knives,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_160304_51.html 16th May 2007 The first and possibly the most important key in developing your relationship with the Plant Spirit (and what really helps to ‘open the door’ ie. makes the connection work), is a benign attitude and to have good intentions and feelings towards the pla... http://www.articlealley.com/article_160302_24.html 16th May 2007 Juan Navarro interviewed by Howard G. Charing & Peter Cloudsley The hallucinogenic San Pedro cactus has been used since ancient times, and in Peru the tradition has been unbroken for over 3,000 years. The earliest depiction of the cactus is a carving s... http://www.articlealley.com/article_157203_51.html 09th May 2007 ‘Whether the plant is to heal the body or the spirit or whether it is part of an apprenticeship, what makes it work is your good intention towards the plant. They are beings, which have their own forms or they can be like human beings with faces and bod... http://www.articlealley.com/article_147973_23.html 18th April 2007 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 this end. To understand how reca... http://www.articlealley.com/article_147970_23.html 18th April 2007