Ayahuasca Visions
The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman--Unveiling the sacred mysteries of Ayahuasca
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2011
Summary
A storied journey into the psychedelic realm—unravel the sacred mysteries of Ayahuasca with a renowned Amazonian shaman and anthropologist duo.
Unveiling nearly 50 vivid painting masterpieces revealing Ayahuasca’s mind-expanding impact on human consciousness.
Explore the mesmerizing world of Ayahuasca in this classic volume. Featuring the visionary art of Pablo Amaringo and the anthropological expertise of Luis Eduardo Luna, Ayahuasca Visions presents nearly 50 vibran…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781556433115 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1556433115 |
| Author: | Pablo Amaringo, Luis Luna |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 828g |
| Dimensions: | 251mm x 329mm x 11mm |
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Critics Review
“Publication of these outstanding paintings of ayahuasca visions experienced by a native medicine man, Pablo Amaringo, and interpreted by the distinguished anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna permits us to understand the unworldly psychic effects of the ‘vine of the soul.’”—Professor Richard Schultes, Director, Botanical Museum of Harvard University
“Pablo Amaringo and Luis Eduardo Luna are to be congratulated for their collaboration. It has yielded a book that is both beautiful and sure to be an enduring contribution to the ethnography and art history of shamanism. The visions and vanishing lifestyles of the ayahuasqueros of Amazonas are presented with wonderful integrity and sensitivity.”—Terence McKenna, author of The Invisible Landscape (with Dennis McKenna) and True Hallucinations
“In these times of vast ecological destruction in the Amazon, the most topical achievement of this book [is] the painful reminder that plants in their botanical, pharmaceutical, and spiritual existence may have an immensely more important message for mankind than we ever imagined.”—Angelika Gebhart-Sayer, Professor of Ethnology, University of Marburg
“This is a fascinating and authoritative work about a South American native shaman and his conceptual world.”—Åke Hultkrantz, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Religion, Stockholm University
About The Author
Pablo Amaringo
Peter Cesar Amaringo practiced for many years as a healer in the Peruvian Amazon. Today he paints the visions he remembers from his shamanic practice and teaches young people to paint as director of the USKO-AYAR Amazonian School of Painting in Pucallpa, an art school he cofounded with Luis Eduardo Luna in 1988, where local youth are educated in the care and preservation of the Amazon ecosystem.
Luis Eduardo Luna was born and raised in the Colombian Amazon region. He earned his Ph.D. from the Institute of Comparative Religion of Stockholm University. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. The author of Vegetalismo- Shamanism among the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon, he has been a Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki since 1979 and since 1986 an Associate of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University.
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