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Encounter With an Amazonian Ayahuasca Shaman

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!

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Love, Magic, and the Vine of the Soul – Interview With Amazonian Shaman Javier Arevalo

An interview titled ‘Love, Magic, and the Vine of the Soul’. Amazonian shaman Javier Arevalo interviewed by Howard g Charing, and Peter Cloudsley. This article first appeared in Sacred Hoop Magazine issue 36 in 2002

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Interview With Ayahuasca Shaman Artidoro

Ayahuasca Shaman – Artidoro Aro Cardenas Interviewed By Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley (2003) This interview has been revised to include plant classification names. An extract from this interview appeared in the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).  

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Plant Spirit Shamanism – Preview

http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/70492455?access_key=key-1c8pxmxe7m7dkmjq3jre Inner Traditions have posted a preview copy of the book on Scribd. It’s also available now as an ebook. Pablo Amaringo wrote an inspirational foreword to the book, a link to that is here;

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Plant Spirit Shamanism – Russian edition

In Plant Spirit Shamanism, the authors explore the use of one of the major allies of shamans for healing, seeing, dreaming, and empowerment–plant spirits. After observing great similarities in the use of plants among shamans throughout the world, they discovered the reason behind these similarities: Rather…

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The Pusanga – the Attraction Powers of the Amazon

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…

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Ayahuasca, Natural Plant Medicines, and the Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest Part 2

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 remarkable plants for thousands…

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