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Interview with San Pedro (Huachuma) Shaman - Juan Navarro
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 balance with the spirit or consciousness of the living world.
HOWARD G. CHARING & PETER CLOUDSLEY, talk with Maestro JUAN NAVARRO.
Article first published, in Sacred Hoop Magazine, Summer 2004.