Pablo Amaringo | Los Loros A celebration of the beauty and harmony of the Amazon’s flora and fauna, Los Loros (The Parrots) is the work of Peruvian painter Pablo Amaringo (1938–2009). Recognized as one of the world’s great visionary artists, Amaringo was renowned for his…
Huarmi Taquina | (Icaro de la Mujer) by Pablo Amaringo Huarmi taquina is the icaro for drawing in feminine creative energy into an ayahuasca ceremony. It is a very powerful icaro which connects us to Mother Earth, the Pachamama: the principle that brings new life to…
Sumak Ňusta (Hermosa Doncella) by Pablo Amaringo She is a fairy from the Aquarius constellation and she stands in front of a celestial temple inspiring love, beauty, and gentleness. In her hand she holds a jar of aromatic balsam, and flowing from this are iridescent…
Article from Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 71 (2011) about the book ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo’, by Howard G Charing, Peter Cloudsley.The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo ABOUT: THE AYAHUASCA VISIONS OF PABLO AMARINGO Illustrating the evolution of his intricate and colorful art, this…
Soplo del Banco Puma by Pablo Amaringo The banco puma is a master shaman who transforms himself into a puma to go hunting or to hide from an enemy. In the old days when people in the Ucayali region did not have fire arms to…
This post explores the work of Mamadou Cissé and follows up from a previous post about the exhibition ‘Histoires de Voir‘ held at the Fondation Cartier earlier this year. Here is an interview with Mamadou with Joyce Bidouzo-Coudray from the website anotherafrica.net titled Mamadou Cissé…
Concentración Palistica by Pablo Amaringo Ayahuasqueros gain their knowledge from visions whereas paleros, who diet with the roots, barks and branches of certain trees, obtain their knowledge through dreams. The two trees you see in upper part of the painting guard the door through which he…
Ayahuasca Inspired Art: Howard G Charing November 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 90cm x 70cm
Yana Huáman by Pablo Amaringo Yana Huáman – Aguila Negra Yana huáman means ‘black eagle’ in Quechua, and refers to a powerful maestro. The black eagle has phenomenal eyesight and can distinguish small details from a great distance, thus a yana huáman possesses the gifts…
Los Grados del Curandero by Pablo Amaringo The concentric wheels in the centre correspond to the levels of esoteric knowledge of a curandero: beginning from the outside they are onaya, banco puma, muraya, sumiruna and the innermost banco sumi. The wheels also represent the varied…
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