Plant Medicine of the Amazon | Uña de gato (Cat’s Claw) Uña de gato (Cat’s Claw) is a large tropical woody vine indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest. The inner bark of the vine and the roots has been used in the Amazon for generations to…
Plant Medicine of the Amazon | Uña de gato (Cat’s Claw) Uña de gato (Cat’s Claw) is a large tropical woody vine indigenous to the Amazon Rainforest. The inner bark of the vine and the roots has been used in the Amazon for generations to…
Medicine for the Soul | Plant Spirit Medicine of the Amazon Article first published in Sacred Hoop Magazine Issue 41 2003. In the Amazonian tradition working with planta maestras (teacher plants) is known as the Diet. The working can be seen as a conscious body…
Contact for Individual Shamanic Healing Sessions: Tel: 07905 139935 Skype: HGC999 email: shamanism@yahoo.com What is Shamanic Healing & Soul Retrieval? Shamanic Healing consists of a varied body of practices performed by the shaman or practitioner to help or heal another person. This is a fundamental…
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.
Medicinal and Shamanic Plants of Peru, a set on Flickr. I’ve been adding more photos from the archives.
Frotacion de COCA, a photo by Howard G Charing on Flickr. Frotacion de COCA Erythroxylum – The Peruvian ‘Tiger Balm’ reinforced with Wira Sacha aka Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). The frotacion is also good to relieve insect bites, and It’s a very pretty little tin…
A very well researched and informative study from the Transnational Institute about the Coca (erythroxylum) plant.
As documented by the Transnational Institute: The 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – recently endorsed by the United States in December 2010 – states that “indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.” The decision to…
The use of San Pedro cactus and healing altars in 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…