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  • Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 5
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The fifth and concluding part of this article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis). The two make a potent medicine, which takes one into the visionary world.
  • Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 4
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The fourth part of this article continues to explore this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis).
  • Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 3
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. The third part of this article continues to explore this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon.
  • Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 2
    The second part of an article which explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis).
  • Ayahuasca - Medicine for the Soul Part 1
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. This article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest. Ayahuasca is the jungle medicine of the upper Amazon. It is made from the ayahuasca vine ( Banisteriopsis Caapi) and the leaf of the Chacruna plant (Psychotria Viridis).
  • Soul, Spirit, Shaman, Shamanism, Soul Retrieval - Part 2
    Soul another name for our life force, is the power which animates our being. In our lives we can lose or become dissociated from our soul due to difficult and traumatic circumstances.

    The second part of this article explores the traditional practices within shamanism of restoring well-being, balance, and powerful healing. This body of practices is called Soul Retrieval.
  • Soul, Spirit, Shaman, Shamanism, Soul Retrieval - Part 1
    Soul another name for our life force, is the power which animates our being. In our lives we can lose or become dissociated from our soul due to difficult and traumatic circumstances. This article explores the traditional shamanic practice of restoring well-being, balance, and powerful healing. This body of practices is called Soul Retrieval.
  • The Spiritual Traditions of the Andes, an Interview with Doris Rivera Lenz - Part 2
    A look at the rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization which is only now being properly recognised after 500 years of obscurity. This interview of Doris Rivera Lenz, was conducted by Howard G. Charing & Peter Cloudsley. This interview appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 57, and the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).
  • The Spiritual Traditions of the Andes; an Interview with Doris Rivera Lenz - Part 1
    A look at the rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization which is only now being properly recognised after 500 years of obscurity. This interview of Doris Rivera Lenz, was conducted by Howard G. Charing & Peter Cloudsley. This interview appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 57, and the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).
  • Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman, Benjamin Ochavano Interviewed in the Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
    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 Westerners who are seeking personal growth and who have embarked on the great journey of self discovery and exploration.
  • The Sacred Attributes of Plants, the Spirit of Life - a Shaman’s Perspective.
    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 in the human relationship and dependence on plants.
  • The Shaman's Path - the Adventure of Self Discovery
    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 relevance for people in modern society?
  • Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Leoncio Garcia Interviewed.
    The Shipibo are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Peruvian Amazon. These ethnic groups each have their own languages, traditions and culture. The Shipibo which currently number about 20,000 are spread out in communities through the Pucallpa / Ucayali river region. They are highly regarded in the Amazon as being masters of Ayahuasca, and many aspiring shamans and Ayahuasqueros from the region study with the Shipibo to learn their language, chants, and plant medicine knowledge. In this article we interview the Shipibo maestro Leoncio Garcia.
  • Drumming for the Shamanic Journey
    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 find new insights, perspectives, and ways to resolve problems.

    Drumming for the Shamanic Journey, with Leo Rutherford & Howard G. Charing
    It is a CD specifically made for this. It comprises; two 20 min solo and 40 min double drumming.
  • Ayahuasca & Visionary Plants - Companions to the Soul
    The visionary plants and ancient traditions of the plant shamans reveal a hidden universe, in which the separation between the physical and the unseen universe is an illusion caused by our limited sensory perception. The body and soul permeates and infuses each other. The plant teachers show us a path to an expanded consciousness and communion with our sacred source, our soul companion.
  • Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 2
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. This article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest.
  • Ayahuasca, Sacred Medicine for the Soul PART 1
    Ayahuasca, is regarded as the 'gateway' to the Soul. This article explores this fascinating plant brew from the Amazon Rainforest.
  • Plant Spirit Shamanism, Folk Medicine, and Homeopathy
    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 properties of the plant are not only in the outer ‘physical’ form, but also in their inner or spiritual nature. The Doctrine of Signatures holds that this inner nature can be revealed by it’s outer physical form or signatures
  • Soul Loss - How Shamanic Healing can Restore Your Life Force
    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 vital nature. This article explores how by 'holding' on to other people's energy can lead to loss of our own.
  • The Worlds Of the Shaman - An Exploration Of Reality
    “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 of the shaman.
  • The visionary world of Ayahuasca - Plant Spirit Shamanism in the Amazon
    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 or an expansion of the imagination. Thus dreams & our imaginative powers act like doorways during a plant diet and connect us with the plant spirit.
  • An encounter with an extraordinary Healer from the Philippines.
    This article explores the fascinating world of the psychic surgeons of the Philippines. The author runs special tours to the Philippines to work with some of these remarkable healers who perform operations with their bare hands.
  • Plant Spirit Shamanism - Developing your relationship with the Plant Spirits
    Many of us feel a spiritual connection to the world of plants. This article explores ways to deepen our profound connection with the plants.
  • Ayahuasca Retreats – an encounter with an Amazonian Shaman
    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’ diseases like cancer and HIV, drug addictions and inspiring answers to the big ecological problems of modern civilization.

    Interviewed with Peter Cloudsley.
  • The Cactus of Vision - San Pedro and the shamanic tradition of northern Peru.
    Shamans from different cultures and traditions have been using psychoactive plants since the dawn of human emergence.

    These plants have been used traditionally for guidance, divination, healing, maintaining a balance with the spirit or consciousness of the living world.

    Howard G. Charing and Peter Cloudsley talk with
    Maestro Juan Navarro
  • Shamanic Divination
    Divination is one of the paths to gain direct experiential knowledge. Experiential knowledge can be defined as that which is experienced first hand by the senses.

    This article explores the world of shamanism and demonstrates traditional ways to obtain 'hidden' knowledge by divination.
  • Medicine for the Soul - Plant Spirit Shamanism of the Amazon Rainforest
    An introduction to the magical world of the Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest, masters of plant spirit medicine. By the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism published by Destiny Books (USA).
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