The Ayahuasca article with an interview of the shaman Javier Arevalo by Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley appeared in ‘Healing Today’ Magazine August 2001. The article was published with its original title and without the girls in bikinis and serenading guitar players!
The Living Inca Heritage by Peter Cloudsley: Published in Geographical Magazine. INCA and pre-Inca cultures are generally assigned to the realms of history,incarnate only in Machu Picchu and other famous sites. Yet the Peruvian Indians have doggedly preserved some of the ritual beliefs of their…
It’s one of those days when I have a heavy cold, and my brain goes into neutral and I wander around the web looking at the weird and weirder stuff out there. This item made it into that category and it has a big plus…
The Newsletter of the Korean Art Society 2009 about the Traditional Shaman art of Korea. The newsletter is an outstanding resource of information containing detailed narratives on the depicted paintings. Robert Turley the President of the Society, writes in his introduction; “My reasons for loving…
This magnificent book by W. Golden Mortimer, published in 1901 and long out of print, has been digitized by Microsoft for the University of California and now available in the Open Internet Archive. The book contains nearly 200 hundred illustrations.
Mondrian exhibition showcases the London years | Art and design | The Guardian. A new exhibition of Piet Mondrian‘s work at the Courtauld Gallery in London, note sometimes spelt Mondriaan. Mondrian has been one of the most influential artists in modern times, reaching into areas…
Babylon was one of the greatest cities in the ancient world, widely regarded as ‘the cradle of civilisation‘. The exhibition at the British Museum explored the treasures of this city during the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar II. The strong, bold and unique art of the…
Nelson Garcia’s exhibition – Mi Gente (My People) held in Lima Peru 2009. I really liked his work, and bought the painting shown here.
Medicinal and Shamanic Plants of Peru, a set on Flickr. I’ve been adding more photos from the archives.
