PERU | Sunday, 20 May 2012 | Views [3909] | Video
For some that venture to Iquitos, there is an overpowering force with a relentless grip; this force holds all those who experience it under a spell, a spell that causes the enchanted to get caught in Iquitos. Because of the supposed ineffable charms ... Read more >
Tags: alan shoemaker, amazon, ayahuasca, iquitos, mad mick, mad micks bunk house trading post, peru
PERU | Sunday, 13 May 2012 | Views [6464] | Video
Shipibo handicraft design consists of patterns tied to their cosmological worldview. The geometric patterns are not just design but also musical notation, Shipibos can create visual pattern from sound and sound from visual pattern--thus, the myth goes, ... Read more >
Tags: anthropology, ayahuasca, icaro, iquitos, music, myth, peru textile anaconda, shipibo, synesthesia, vision
PERU | Monday, 12 Mar 2012 | Views [4105] | Video
Drawn to the Amazon by the opportunity to study the traditions of Amazonian Medicine Men, or Shamans, Ron Wheelock has lived in Iquitos, Peru since 2000.
Over the years he developed into an adept and trusted Medicne Man himself.
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Tags: amazon, ayahuasca, don agustin rivas vasquez, gringo shaman of the amazon, icaros, iquitos, medicine man, peru, ron wheelock, shamanism
