Benjamin Ochavano Is a traditional Shipibo Muraya .He is in his late eighties, and his chants (icaros) sung in the Shipibo language are extraordinary beautiful and with a powerful and extensive vocal range.
Note: This interview was with Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing on the Rio Tamishaku in 2002. The article has been revised to include end notes, plant classifications, and some additional photos. I last met up with Benjamin in Pisaq January 2010, still looking strong and very robust – he is in his late eighties! Benjamin is holding ayahuasca ceremonies in the Cuzco area, and if anyone has an opportunity to drink with this traditional Shipibo Muraya and Palero and hear his amazing icaros – go for it!
A Unique workshop and retreat in the Spirit of Pablo Amaringo with Night time Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Facilitated by the Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley the authors of ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo’ published by Inner Traditions.
This is a 12 day workshop and retreat with one of Pablo Amaringo foremost students and teacher at the Usko Ayar School of Amazonian Art. We will be working at the Amaruspirit Centre run by the visionary artist David ‘Slocum’ Hewson which is located by the Itaia River near Iquitos.
Each day, a hands-on Art workshop will be held; participants will enjoy a unique experience of learning the art of visionary and nature painting. This workshop is suitable for beginners are well as experienced and proficient artists.
Each night we offer traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies with Javier Arevalo who we have worked with for 12 years and brought to the UK in 2002 for a special 10 day Retreat in Wales. We will also have available Shamanic teacher plants which enhance visionary perception, awareness, and sensitivity, such as Ajo Sacha, and Guayusa.
Ayawaska Airlines is a new Peruvian low-cost airline company that aims to make travel accessible to all Peruvians and introduce Peru to the world. The logo design is based on traditional Peruvian culture and symbols from Shipibo-Conibo tribal textiles, featuring colored dots that represent visions experienced when taking the psychedelic brew Ayahuasca. The modern, modular logo conveys freedom, connection to culture and people, and a new vision for airline branding.
and Tell
15 May 2012 › 21 October 2012
On view from May 15 to October 21, 2012, the exhibition Histoires de voir: Show and Tell presents the works and narratives of over 40 painters, sculptors and filmmakers from around the world. They are Brazilian, Indian, Congolese, as well as Haitian, Mexican, Danish, Japanese and American. They hail from the urban centers of Paris and Port-au-Prince, or the rural communities of the Amazon and Madya Pradesh. They emerged as artists and developed their talents in uncommon circumstances; they have often been considered as naïve artists and have rarely been invited to exhibit their works in contemporary art institutions.
The document summarizes the author's experience running the Haliburton Forest 100 Mile Trail Run. Some key details:
- The author was less confident this year due to a challenging training schedule that included a marathon almost every weekend.
- They arrived at the race site with friends who would pace and crew for them. The race started at 6am with 130 runners.
- The course included difficult hills, rocks, and roots. By the halfway point the author was sore but kept moving forward.
- Friends paced the author through the night as they grew more tired. They finished in 29 hours and 7 minutes.
- A total of $2000 was raised for Habitat for Humanity through the
Soplo del Banco Puma by Pablo Amaringo
The banco puma is a master shaman who transforms himself into a puma to go hunting or to hide from an enemy. In the old days when people in the Ucayali region did not have fire arms to kill large animals, the banco puma would use his ability to bring back food for his family. <p>
When the shaman transforms himself into a puma he acquires its attributes; in particular a keen sense of smell, and sinchi-ňahui (strong eyes) which can mesmerise an enemy. A banco puma is a skilled healer with great knowledge of medicinal plants.
<p>
This painting is featured in the book ';The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley. Published by Inner Traditions. This painting is available as a Fine Art Print or Greeting Card;</p>
http://pablo-amaringo.artistwebsites.com/</p>
The document provides an overview and analysis of recordings from ceremonies conducted by Peruvian shamans using plants like San Pedro cactus and ayahuasca. It describes the music, instruments, and rituals involved in the ceremonies, which are intended to induce altered states of consciousness and contact with spiritual beings. The recordings contain chants, songs, and effects from the ceremonies, which took place in locations like the Peruvian Andes and Amazon rainforest. The document also discusses shamanic traditions and beliefs in Peru, as well as biographical details about some of the shamans featured on the recordings.
A Unique workshop and retreat in the Spirit of Pablo Amaringo with Night time Ayahuasca Ceremonies
Facilitated by the Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley the authors of ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo’ published by Inner Traditions.
This is a 12 day workshop and retreat with one of Pablo Amaringo foremost students and teacher at the Usko Ayar School of Amazonian Art. We will be working at the Amaruspirit Centre run by the visionary artist David ‘Slocum’ Hewson which is located by the Itaia River near Iquitos.
Each day, a hands-on Art workshop will be held; participants will enjoy a unique experience of learning the art of visionary and nature painting. This workshop is suitable for beginners are well as experienced and proficient artists.
Each night we offer traditional Ayahuasca ceremonies with Javier Arevalo who we have worked with for 12 years and brought to the UK in 2002 for a special 10 day Retreat in Wales. We will also have available Shamanic teacher plants which enhance visionary perception, awareness, and sensitivity, such as Ajo Sacha, and Guayusa.
Ayawaska Airlines is a new Peruvian low-cost airline company that aims to make travel accessible to all Peruvians and introduce Peru to the world. The logo design is based on traditional Peruvian culture and symbols from Shipibo-Conibo tribal textiles, featuring colored dots that represent visions experienced when taking the psychedelic brew Ayahuasca. The modern, modular logo conveys freedom, connection to culture and people, and a new vision for airline branding.
and Tell
15 May 2012 › 21 October 2012
On view from May 15 to October 21, 2012, the exhibition Histoires de voir: Show and Tell presents the works and narratives of over 40 painters, sculptors and filmmakers from around the world. They are Brazilian, Indian, Congolese, as well as Haitian, Mexican, Danish, Japanese and American. They hail from the urban centers of Paris and Port-au-Prince, or the rural communities of the Amazon and Madya Pradesh. They emerged as artists and developed their talents in uncommon circumstances; they have often been considered as naïve artists and have rarely been invited to exhibit their works in contemporary art institutions.
The document summarizes the author's experience running the Haliburton Forest 100 Mile Trail Run. Some key details:
- The author was less confident this year due to a challenging training schedule that included a marathon almost every weekend.
- They arrived at the race site with friends who would pace and crew for them. The race started at 6am with 130 runners.
- The course included difficult hills, rocks, and roots. By the halfway point the author was sore but kept moving forward.
- Friends paced the author through the night as they grew more tired. They finished in 29 hours and 7 minutes.
- A total of $2000 was raised for Habitat for Humanity through the
Soplo del Banco Puma by Pablo Amaringo
The banco puma is a master shaman who transforms himself into a puma to go hunting or to hide from an enemy. In the old days when people in the Ucayali region did not have fire arms to kill large animals, the banco puma would use his ability to bring back food for his family. <p>
When the shaman transforms himself into a puma he acquires its attributes; in particular a keen sense of smell, and sinchi-ňahui (strong eyes) which can mesmerise an enemy. A banco puma is a skilled healer with great knowledge of medicinal plants.
<p>
This painting is featured in the book ';The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley. Published by Inner Traditions. This painting is available as a Fine Art Print or Greeting Card;</p>
http://pablo-amaringo.artistwebsites.com/</p>
The document provides an overview and analysis of recordings from ceremonies conducted by Peruvian shamans using plants like San Pedro cactus and ayahuasca. It describes the music, instruments, and rituals involved in the ceremonies, which are intended to induce altered states of consciousness and contact with spiritual beings. The recordings contain chants, songs, and effects from the ceremonies, which took place in locations like the Peruvian Andes and Amazon rainforest. The document also discusses shamanic traditions and beliefs in Peru, as well as biographical details about some of the shamans featured on the recordings.
Visionary Art Seminar at Bucharest University May 2014Howard Charing
THE POWER OF VISIONARY ART – EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Bucharest May 22nd 2014 7PM Hosted by Matei Georgescu – From the series: Spirituality Serving Education Spiru Haret University – Sociology-Psychology
Department Presenter: Howard G Charing, co-author of ‘Plant Spirit Shamanism’ and ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo’
With the participation of: Prof. Ph. D. Mihaela Minulescu. Jungian Analyst, National School of Political and Administrative Studies Prof. Ph. D. Vintila Mihailescu. Anthropologist, National School of Political and Administrative Studies
Aurel Mocanu: Translation
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Ph. D. Matei Georgescu, Spiru Haret University.
In this seminar, I will be exploring the mystery that visionary art reveals and how the visionary experience can change either an individual or the world. Visionary artists inspire us to look beyond the veil of cultural and linguistic limitations. At this unique time of evolving human consciousness the artificial boundaries in many areas between art and science are being erased. The brilliant Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot has shown us how to perceive the world in a totally new way by introducing the concept of Fractal Geometry and a new way to understand consciousness similar to that of visionary and spiritual art. I will also discuss the unique visionary art of the Shipibo peoples of the Amazon. Their art unites the vibrations of light, colour, and sound into a new form. I will be presenting and discussing the works of the visionaryartists; Alex Grey, Paul Laffoley, David ‘Slocum’ Hewson, and Pablo Amaringo
A Presentation in Bucharest April 2012 on Visionary Art by Howard G Charing , co-author of 'Plant Spirit Shamanism' and 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'.
Plant Spirit Shamanism from the Bible: Moses and Hallucinogens Howard Charing
Moses and Hallucinogens:
Plant Spirit Shamanism from the Bible
The worldwide media interest in Benny Shanon's paper about Moses and entheogens, is encouraging us to take a good and hard look at the roots of religions and the notion that they were based on fertility cults, and shamanic practices such as Entheogens (or hallucinogenic) plants as a source of spiritual communion with the universal consciousness, or the mind of God.
MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL: How to heal with Shamanism, Shamanic Healing & Soul Re...Howard Charing
MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL:Shamanic Healing & Soul Retrieval: A Personal Perspective by author, international workshop leader, and healer Howard G. Charing.
Visit Howard's websites:
htttp://www.shamanism.co.uk
http://www.ayahuascavisions.com
Blog: http://www.shamanism.wordpress.com
This document provides a summary of the book "Net of Being" by Alex Grey with Allyson Grey. The book contains over 200 reproductions of Alex Grey's visionary artwork. It explores how Grey's mystical experiences have influenced his art and its role in cultural evolution. The book documents Grey's live painting performances and his "social sculpture" project called CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors cofounded with his wife Allyson Grey.
An feature on the Amazon Rainforest from 人与自然 'Human and Nature' Magazine published in China March 2012 Issue. Includes some of my photos, one with the visionary artist Pablo Amaringo showing his art.
Robert Venosa foreword to 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'Howard Charing
Robert Venosa's foreword contribution to the book 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' by Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley. Published by Inner Traditions
Korean Art & Culture
A fascinating publication from the Peabody Essex Museum, explores the Art and culture of Korea including Shamanism, and Buddhism. Contains very nice colour plates.
The Gahoe Museum in Seoul houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Korean shaman art in the world. The collection, assembled by founder Yeolsu Yoon, includes shaman paintings, folk art, amulets, books, and relics that provide insight into indigenous Korean culture and spirituality. Shaman paintings often depict deities and spirits that play important roles in shaman rituals and folk beliefs. Yoon's article explores some of the most significant deities represented in the collection, such as the Five Direction Guardians, Seven Star Spirit, Mountain God, Buddha Trinity, military generals, and disease-related spirits. The museum strives to preserve these works of art and educate the public on Korean folk traditions
Desert Psychedelic - The Art of Jimmy PikeHoward Charing
A Catalogue of Jimmy Pike's work. Born in the Great Sandy Desert area of Western Australia, Jimmy Pike worked as a stockman and in his spare time did carvings, which he sold to tourists in Fitzroy Crossing. In the 1980s, while serving a prison sentence, Jimmy Pike joined an art class and began to paint, working in printmaking and produce linocuts. His work is characterised by the used of bold shapes in strongly contrasting earth colours.
Psychedelics and Creativity - MAPS Volume X number 3 2000
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES
A fascinating exploration and analysis of the relevance and importance of psychedelics and creativity, with interviews, reviews and art by;
L.J Altvater
Alex Grey
Stevee Postman
Steven Rooke
Allyson Grey
Donna Torres
Robert Venosa
Benny Shannon
Tom Robbins
Rick Doblin
A review in 'El Dominical' of the art exhibition 'Amazonica' - held at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru - June - July 2011.
A crude translation of the feature;
Forty Amazon artists from different generations, trends and styles come together in a charity show at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore. The objective is to obtain funding to develop cultural programs for children in our forest.
The Amazon is a woman, "says the artist Gino Ceccarelli." And a woman is the most beautiful display of creation ". That's why his paintings are always women who are merged with nature, relating to the many stories he heard as a child about the mythical goddesses, counted wise river towns, who met at sunset to watch the death of the sun between infinite forest. draws on ancient wisdom of founding myths of ancient explanations of the world, but also more contemporary material flows. This communion is rooted in the Amazonian wealth of art today. There are pictures to prove themselves by Gino Ceccarelli (Italian father and mother Amazon), based on myths and legends, or the whole aesthetic of pop and kitsch Christian Bendayán or visual strength of Harry Chavez.
A powerful art
The discovery of the Amazon by Lima has revealed, among other things, a powerful art that draws on ancient wisdom of founding myths of ancient explanations of the world,
Several generations
This exhibition, called "Amazonica", brings together forty artists Amazon, from the masters of the sixties and seventies to young exponents of the latest generations. They can be works of the great painter Pablo Amaringo shaman of the pioneers of integral art of the Amazon as Cesar Calvo de Araujo and Eduardo Meza Saravia, young and talented artist like Rember uitoto Yahuarcani and Roldan Pinedo Lopez, a native of the district Yarina Cocha, who developed techniques of the Shipibo-naturals Conibos.
The Artists displaying their works at the exhibition;
Ronald Alvan , Alberto Ayarza, Christian Bendayan, César Calvo de Araujo, Lastenia Canayo, Cesar Calvo de Araujo , Enrique Casanto , Harry Chávez , Gino Ceccarelli , Maximino Cerezo , Victor Churay, Samuel Coriat , Nancy Dantas , David Hewson, Orlando Izquierdo, "The Ocelot" , Emilio Lopez , Eduardo Meza Saravia, Joseph Morey, Dimas Paredes , James David Paredes , Gerardo Petsaín , Harry Pinedo, Roldán Pinedo , Reninger Reategui, "Rucoba" , Diana Riesco), Hildebrand Rivers, Brus Rubio, Miguel Saavedra , Malena Santillana , Sixto Saurin, Fernando Sovero, Luighi Tang, Elena Valera, Celia Vasquez, Juan Manuel Vasquez , Armando Williams, Rember Yahuarcani, Santiago Yahuarcani
Art Exhibition: Poder Verde - Visiones PsicotropicalesHoward Charing
The Art Exhibition catalogue of the 'Poder Verde - Visiones Psicotropicales' held at the CCE Lima, Peru in 2009. Featuring works by Harry Chavez, Pablo Amaringo, Christian Bendayan, Bruis Rubio and others.
Shamanic Illuminations - work by Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey, and Mieshiel at t...Howard Charing
Invitation to the Shamanic Illuminations Exhibition at the ACA Galleries New York.
Shamanic Illuminations
The Art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey and Mieshiel
September 15 through October 22
Opening Reception and Book Signing
Thursday, September 15 - 5-8 pm
Shipibo-Conibo Art Exhibition - 'Una Ventana Hacia El Infinito' at the ICPNA,...Howard Charing
Shipibo-Conibo Art Exhibition Catalogue - 'Una Ventana Hacia El Infinito' at the ICPNA, Lima Peru in 2002.
To see photo my photo gallery of Shipibo art on Flickr;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hgcharing/sets/72157620132254791/
Catalogo Amazonica Art - Catalogue of Amazonian ArtHoward Charing
The Catalogue of the Art Exhibition 'Amazonica'. Held at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru - June - July 2011.
"Cuarenta artistas amazónicos de diversas generaciones, tendencias y estilos se congregan en una muestra benéfica en el Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore . El objetivo es obtener es obtener fondos para desarrollar programas culturales para niños y niñas de nuestra selva."
"Forty Amazon artists from different generations, trends and styles came together in a charity show at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore. The objective was to obtain funding to develop cultural programs for children in our forest."
The Artists displaying their works at the exhibition;
Ronald Alvan , Alberto Ayarza, Christian Bendayan, César Calvo de Araujo, Lastenia Canayo, Cesar Calvo de Araujo , Enrique Casanto , Harry Chávez , Gino Ceccarelli , Maximino Cerezo , Victor Churay, Samuel Coriat , Nancy Dantas , David Hewson, Orlando Izquierdo, "The Ocelot" , Emilio Lopez , Eduardo Meza Saravia, Joseph Morey, Dimas Paredes , James David Paredes , Gerardo Petsaín , Harry Pinedo, Roldán Pinedo , Reninger Reategui, "Rucoba" , Diana Riesco), Hildebrand Rivers, Brus Rubio, Miguel Saavedra , Malena Santillana , Sixto Saurin, Fernando Sovero, Luighi Tang, Elena Valera, Celia Vasquez, Juan Manuel Vasquez , Armando Williams, Rember Yahuarcani, Santiago Yahuarcani
Transvangardenow Exhibition Catalogue - October Gallery London January 2012Howard Charing
The document provides information about several contemporary artists represented by the October Gallery in London. It discusses the backgrounds and artistic styles of artists from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and other regions. These include El Anatsui, Rachid Koraichi, Nnenna Okore, Owusu-Ankomah, Huang Xu, and Romuald Hazoume, highlighting key works, exhibitions, and artistic influences. October Gallery has represented and promoted transnational contemporary art from diverse cultures since 1979.
The Hope of Salvation - Jude 1:24-25 - MessageCole Hartman
Jude gives us hope at the end of a dark letter. In a dark world like today, we need the light of Christ to shine brighter and brighter. Jude shows us where to fix our focus so we can be filled with God's goodness and glory. Join us to explore this incredible passage.
Visionary Art Seminar at Bucharest University May 2014Howard Charing
THE POWER OF VISIONARY ART – EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Bucharest May 22nd 2014 7PM Hosted by Matei Georgescu – From the series: Spirituality Serving Education Spiru Haret University – Sociology-Psychology
Department Presenter: Howard G Charing, co-author of ‘Plant Spirit Shamanism’ and ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo’
With the participation of: Prof. Ph. D. Mihaela Minulescu. Jungian Analyst, National School of Political and Administrative Studies Prof. Ph. D. Vintila Mihailescu. Anthropologist, National School of Political and Administrative Studies
Aurel Mocanu: Translation
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Ph. D. Matei Georgescu, Spiru Haret University.
In this seminar, I will be exploring the mystery that visionary art reveals and how the visionary experience can change either an individual or the world. Visionary artists inspire us to look beyond the veil of cultural and linguistic limitations. At this unique time of evolving human consciousness the artificial boundaries in many areas between art and science are being erased. The brilliant Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot has shown us how to perceive the world in a totally new way by introducing the concept of Fractal Geometry and a new way to understand consciousness similar to that of visionary and spiritual art. I will also discuss the unique visionary art of the Shipibo peoples of the Amazon. Their art unites the vibrations of light, colour, and sound into a new form. I will be presenting and discussing the works of the visionaryartists; Alex Grey, Paul Laffoley, David ‘Slocum’ Hewson, and Pablo Amaringo
A Presentation in Bucharest April 2012 on Visionary Art by Howard G Charing , co-author of 'Plant Spirit Shamanism' and 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'.
Plant Spirit Shamanism from the Bible: Moses and Hallucinogens Howard Charing
Moses and Hallucinogens:
Plant Spirit Shamanism from the Bible
The worldwide media interest in Benny Shanon's paper about Moses and entheogens, is encouraging us to take a good and hard look at the roots of religions and the notion that they were based on fertility cults, and shamanic practices such as Entheogens (or hallucinogenic) plants as a source of spiritual communion with the universal consciousness, or the mind of God.
MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL: How to heal with Shamanism, Shamanic Healing & Soul Re...Howard Charing
MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL:Shamanic Healing & Soul Retrieval: A Personal Perspective by author, international workshop leader, and healer Howard G. Charing.
Visit Howard's websites:
htttp://www.shamanism.co.uk
http://www.ayahuascavisions.com
Blog: http://www.shamanism.wordpress.com
This document provides a summary of the book "Net of Being" by Alex Grey with Allyson Grey. The book contains over 200 reproductions of Alex Grey's visionary artwork. It explores how Grey's mystical experiences have influenced his art and its role in cultural evolution. The book documents Grey's live painting performances and his "social sculpture" project called CoSM, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors cofounded with his wife Allyson Grey.
An feature on the Amazon Rainforest from 人与自然 'Human and Nature' Magazine published in China March 2012 Issue. Includes some of my photos, one with the visionary artist Pablo Amaringo showing his art.
Robert Venosa foreword to 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'Howard Charing
Robert Venosa's foreword contribution to the book 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' by Howard G Charing & Peter Cloudsley. Published by Inner Traditions
Korean Art & Culture
A fascinating publication from the Peabody Essex Museum, explores the Art and culture of Korea including Shamanism, and Buddhism. Contains very nice colour plates.
The Gahoe Museum in Seoul houses one of the most comprehensive collections of Korean shaman art in the world. The collection, assembled by founder Yeolsu Yoon, includes shaman paintings, folk art, amulets, books, and relics that provide insight into indigenous Korean culture and spirituality. Shaman paintings often depict deities and spirits that play important roles in shaman rituals and folk beliefs. Yoon's article explores some of the most significant deities represented in the collection, such as the Five Direction Guardians, Seven Star Spirit, Mountain God, Buddha Trinity, military generals, and disease-related spirits. The museum strives to preserve these works of art and educate the public on Korean folk traditions
Desert Psychedelic - The Art of Jimmy PikeHoward Charing
A Catalogue of Jimmy Pike's work. Born in the Great Sandy Desert area of Western Australia, Jimmy Pike worked as a stockman and in his spare time did carvings, which he sold to tourists in Fitzroy Crossing. In the 1980s, while serving a prison sentence, Jimmy Pike joined an art class and began to paint, working in printmaking and produce linocuts. His work is characterised by the used of bold shapes in strongly contrasting earth colours.
Psychedelics and Creativity - MAPS Volume X number 3 2000
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES
A fascinating exploration and analysis of the relevance and importance of psychedelics and creativity, with interviews, reviews and art by;
L.J Altvater
Alex Grey
Stevee Postman
Steven Rooke
Allyson Grey
Donna Torres
Robert Venosa
Benny Shannon
Tom Robbins
Rick Doblin
A review in 'El Dominical' of the art exhibition 'Amazonica' - held at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru - June - July 2011.
A crude translation of the feature;
Forty Amazon artists from different generations, trends and styles come together in a charity show at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore. The objective is to obtain funding to develop cultural programs for children in our forest.
The Amazon is a woman, "says the artist Gino Ceccarelli." And a woman is the most beautiful display of creation ". That's why his paintings are always women who are merged with nature, relating to the many stories he heard as a child about the mythical goddesses, counted wise river towns, who met at sunset to watch the death of the sun between infinite forest. draws on ancient wisdom of founding myths of ancient explanations of the world, but also more contemporary material flows. This communion is rooted in the Amazonian wealth of art today. There are pictures to prove themselves by Gino Ceccarelli (Italian father and mother Amazon), based on myths and legends, or the whole aesthetic of pop and kitsch Christian Bendayán or visual strength of Harry Chavez.
A powerful art
The discovery of the Amazon by Lima has revealed, among other things, a powerful art that draws on ancient wisdom of founding myths of ancient explanations of the world,
Several generations
This exhibition, called "Amazonica", brings together forty artists Amazon, from the masters of the sixties and seventies to young exponents of the latest generations. They can be works of the great painter Pablo Amaringo shaman of the pioneers of integral art of the Amazon as Cesar Calvo de Araujo and Eduardo Meza Saravia, young and talented artist like Rember uitoto Yahuarcani and Roldan Pinedo Lopez, a native of the district Yarina Cocha, who developed techniques of the Shipibo-naturals Conibos.
The Artists displaying their works at the exhibition;
Ronald Alvan , Alberto Ayarza, Christian Bendayan, César Calvo de Araujo, Lastenia Canayo, Cesar Calvo de Araujo , Enrique Casanto , Harry Chávez , Gino Ceccarelli , Maximino Cerezo , Victor Churay, Samuel Coriat , Nancy Dantas , David Hewson, Orlando Izquierdo, "The Ocelot" , Emilio Lopez , Eduardo Meza Saravia, Joseph Morey, Dimas Paredes , James David Paredes , Gerardo Petsaín , Harry Pinedo, Roldán Pinedo , Reninger Reategui, "Rucoba" , Diana Riesco), Hildebrand Rivers, Brus Rubio, Miguel Saavedra , Malena Santillana , Sixto Saurin, Fernando Sovero, Luighi Tang, Elena Valera, Celia Vasquez, Juan Manuel Vasquez , Armando Williams, Rember Yahuarcani, Santiago Yahuarcani
Art Exhibition: Poder Verde - Visiones PsicotropicalesHoward Charing
The Art Exhibition catalogue of the 'Poder Verde - Visiones Psicotropicales' held at the CCE Lima, Peru in 2009. Featuring works by Harry Chavez, Pablo Amaringo, Christian Bendayan, Bruis Rubio and others.
Shamanic Illuminations - work by Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey, and Mieshiel at t...Howard Charing
Invitation to the Shamanic Illuminations Exhibition at the ACA Galleries New York.
Shamanic Illuminations
The Art of Pablo Amaringo, Alex Grey and Mieshiel
September 15 through October 22
Opening Reception and Book Signing
Thursday, September 15 - 5-8 pm
Shipibo-Conibo Art Exhibition - 'Una Ventana Hacia El Infinito' at the ICPNA,...Howard Charing
Shipibo-Conibo Art Exhibition Catalogue - 'Una Ventana Hacia El Infinito' at the ICPNA, Lima Peru in 2002.
To see photo my photo gallery of Shipibo art on Flickr;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hgcharing/sets/72157620132254791/
Catalogo Amazonica Art - Catalogue of Amazonian ArtHoward Charing
The Catalogue of the Art Exhibition 'Amazonica'. Held at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma in Lima, Peru - June - July 2011.
"Cuarenta artistas amazónicos de diversas generaciones, tendencias y estilos se congregan en una muestra benéfica en el Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore . El objetivo es obtener es obtener fondos para desarrollar programas culturales para niños y niñas de nuestra selva."
"Forty Amazon artists from different generations, trends and styles came together in a charity show at the Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma de Miraflore. The objective was to obtain funding to develop cultural programs for children in our forest."
The Artists displaying their works at the exhibition;
Ronald Alvan , Alberto Ayarza, Christian Bendayan, César Calvo de Araujo, Lastenia Canayo, Cesar Calvo de Araujo , Enrique Casanto , Harry Chávez , Gino Ceccarelli , Maximino Cerezo , Victor Churay, Samuel Coriat , Nancy Dantas , David Hewson, Orlando Izquierdo, "The Ocelot" , Emilio Lopez , Eduardo Meza Saravia, Joseph Morey, Dimas Paredes , James David Paredes , Gerardo Petsaín , Harry Pinedo, Roldán Pinedo , Reninger Reategui, "Rucoba" , Diana Riesco), Hildebrand Rivers, Brus Rubio, Miguel Saavedra , Malena Santillana , Sixto Saurin, Fernando Sovero, Luighi Tang, Elena Valera, Celia Vasquez, Juan Manuel Vasquez , Armando Williams, Rember Yahuarcani, Santiago Yahuarcani
Transvangardenow Exhibition Catalogue - October Gallery London January 2012Howard Charing
The document provides information about several contemporary artists represented by the October Gallery in London. It discusses the backgrounds and artistic styles of artists from across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and other regions. These include El Anatsui, Rachid Koraichi, Nnenna Okore, Owusu-Ankomah, Huang Xu, and Romuald Hazoume, highlighting key works, exhibitions, and artistic influences. October Gallery has represented and promoted transnational contemporary art from diverse cultures since 1979.
The Hope of Salvation - Jude 1:24-25 - MessageCole Hartman
Jude gives us hope at the end of a dark letter. In a dark world like today, we need the light of Christ to shine brighter and brighter. Jude shows us where to fix our focus so we can be filled with God's goodness and glory. Join us to explore this incredible passage.
The Enchantment and Shadows_ Unveiling the Mysteries of Magic and Black Magic...Phoenix O
This manual will guide you through basic skills and tasks to help you get started with various aspects of Magic. Each section is designed to be easy to follow, with step-by-step instructions.
The Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings, of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the historical books and placed between Judges and 1 Samuel.
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Shipibo Ayahuasca Shaman Benjamin Ochavano Interview
1. BENJAMIN OCHAVANO
SHIPIBO MURAYA INTERVIEWED
Benjamin Ochavano Is a traditional Shipibo
Muraya .He is in his late eighties, and his
chants (icaros) sung in the Shipibo
language are extraordinary beautiful with a
powerful and extensive vocal range.
Interview by:
Peter Cloudsley & Howard G Charing
2002
Authors of ‘The Ayahuasca Visions of
Pablo Amaringo’ (Inner Traditions USA)
www.ayahuascavisions.com
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2. BENJAMIN OCHAVANO – SHIPIBO MURAYA INTERVIEWED
Note: This interview was with Peter Cloudsley and Howard G Charing on the Rio
Tamishaku in 2002. The article has been revised to include end notes, plant
classifications, and some additional photos. I last met up with Benjamin in Pisaq
January 2010, he still looking strong and very robust – he is in his late eighties!
Benjamin is holding ayahuasca ceremonies in the Cuzco area, and if anyone has an
opportunity to drink with this traditional Shipibo Muraya and Palero and hear his
amazing icaros – go for it! – Howard.
Benjamin Ochavano Is a traditional Shipibo Muraya .He is in his late eighties,
and his chants (icaros) sung in the Shipibo language are extraordinary beautiful
and with a powerful and extensive vocal range.
I first started taking ayahuasca at the
age of ten, with my father, who was
also a shaman. When I was fifteen,
he took me into the selva to do plant
diets, nobody would see us for a
whole year, and we had no contact
with women, nothing. We lived in a
simple tambo sleeping on leaves with
just a sheet over us. We dieted the
plants: ayahuma i, puchatekicaspi,
pucalupuna ii, huairacaspi iii , verenaquu.
I would take each plant for two
months before moving on to the
next, a whole year without women!
The only fish allowed is bocachicoiv ( a
vegetarian fish), and mashed
plantains made into a thick drink
called pururuco in Shipibo, or chapo (a
drink made from bananas) without
sugar.
Then I had about a year’s rest before going again with my uncle, Jose Sánchez,
for another year and seven months of dieting on the little Rio Pisqui. He taught
me a lot and gave me chonta, cascabelv Jergon vi, nacanaca, cayucayu. He was a
chontero, a shaman a specialist working with darts (in the spiritual world) – so
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3. called because real darts and arrows for hunting are made from the black
splintery bamboo called chonta. A chontero can send darts with positive effects
like knowledge and power too, and he knows how to suck and remove
poisoned darts which have caused illness or evil spells. To finish off he gave me
chullachaqui caspivii. Then I began living with my wife and working as a curandero
in Juancito on the Ucayali. Later I went to Pucallpa where I still live some of the
time when I’m not in my community of Paoyhan, where my Ani Sheati project
is.
The most important planta maestra is
Ayahuma, Chullachaqui Caspi, Then
Pucalapuna (Quechua) the bark of a tree
which grows to 40 or 50 meters high. This is
one of a number of palosviii that are
consumed together with tobacco and is so
strong, you only need to take it two times. It
requires a diet of 6 month. You drink it in
the morning, then lie down, you are in an
altered state for a whole day afterwards.
Another plant is Catahuaix, you must be sure
that no one sees you while you take it. It
puts you into a sleep of powerful dreams.
Ajosquiro x is from a tree which grows to 20
metres high, with a penetrating aroma like
garlic. It gives you mental strength, it is very healing and makes you strong. It
takes away lazy feelings, gives you courage and self esteem, but can be used to
explore the negative side as well as the positive. You can be alone in the
wilderness yet feel in the company of many. It puts you into the psychomagical
world which we have inherited from our ancestors, the great Murayas xi so you
can gain knowledge of how to heal with plants.
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4. The word ‘shamanxii’ is
recent in the Amazon, my
father was known as a
Muraya or banco, or in
Spanish curandero. A
curandero could specialize in
being a good chontero or a
shitanero who does harm to
people. Virjilio Salvan, who is
dead now, introduced me to
a plant which he said was
better than any other plant ‐
Palo Borrador, maestro de
todos los palos (master palero). You smoke it in a pipe for 8 days, blowing the
smoke over your body. On the eighth day a man appears, as real as we are, a
Shipibo. He was a chaicunixiii ‐ an enchanted being in traditional dress, a
cushma xiv or woven tunic, chaquira xv necklace, and so on, and he said to me
‘Benjamin, why have you smoked my tree?’‘Because I want to learn’ I said.
‘Ever since I was little I wanted to be a Muraya’ ‘You must diet and smoke my
tree for 3 months, no more’ he said. ‘And you can eat whatever fish you like…it
won’t matter’ … and he listed all the fish I could eat. ‘But you must not sleep
with any woman other than your wife’ he said. And I’ve followed this advice
until today. Three nights later, sounds could be heard from under the ground
and big holes opened up and the wind blew. Then everyone, all the family
began to fly. And from that day I was a muraya. Even today I still fast on
Sundays .
What do you think about Westerners coming to take plants in the
Amazon?
It is a good thing for them to come and learn, for us to share and for there to
be an interchange. This is what I would like to do in my community of Paoyhan.
But the Ecuadorians stole our outboard motor.
How could the plants of the Amazon help people of the West?
It can open up the mind so we can find ways to help each other. It can help
them find more realization in life. If a person is very shy for example it can help
warm their hearts, give them strength and courage. You have a different
system in your countries, when we travel there we feel underrated just as
when you come here you have to get accustomed to being here. When we get
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5. to know each other and become like brothers, solutions emerge. To get rid of
vices and drug addictions, for example, there are plants which can easily heal
people. Pene de mono is a thick tree, which I have used to cure two foreign
women of AIDS. The name means ‘monkey’s penis’. I saw in my ayahuasca
vision that they were ill and diagnosed them as having AIDS. I boiled the bark
of the tree and made 6 bottles which they took each day until it was finished.
They had to go on a diet as well. No fish with teeth, salt, fruit or butter. The
fish with teeth eat the plant so it cannot penetrate into the body. After this
you get so hot that steam comes off the body. In the selva there is no AIDS,
only some cases in the city of Pucallpa.
i
Ayahuma: Couroupita guianensis, a tree with large fruit. Ayahuma in Quechua means “head
of a dead person,” or “spirit head.” It is an important tree for a palero to diet, and the thick
bark and seeds are used by curanderos to protect against brujeria.
ii
Pucalupuna: Cavanillesia umbellata, or Cavanillesia hylogeiton. Puka or puca is the word for
“red” in Quechua. It is the most formidable tree from which a palero can learn and gain
mastery. It requires a demanding diet in isolation over a period of many months. The
power of this tree is used by both curanderos and sorcerers.
iii
Huairacaspi (Cedrelinga cataneiformis)
v
Ayahuasca cascabel (rattle) is a rare variety with very powerful effects. It gives visions in
red and is used by shamans to heal and cleanse a person suffering from malign sorcery.
(Source Pablo Amaringo: The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo).
Jergon Sacha (Dracontium loretense / peruviuanum). The large tuber of the plant is a
vi
well known and effective antidote for the bite of venomous snakes.
vii
Chullachaqui caspi (Remijia peruviana).
Palos: The roots, bark, and resin of trees (typically, the larger hardwood varieties), which
viii
are prepared and taken in the context of a diet. Shamans who specialize in these are known
as paleros.
ix
Catahua (Hura crepitans). is one of the strongest palos and its mastery requires a long and
demanding diet. When boiled with tobacco, the resin provokes powerful dreams.
x
Ajosquiro (Cordia alliodora), a tree that can be used for malevolent sorcery. A curandero
must diet with this tree to learn its icaro in order to heal dano caused by sorcery.
xi
Muraya: A Shipibo term denoting one of the grades of a vegetalista. Pablo |Amaringo
states that a muraya is an accomplished maestro with dominion over the subaquatic realm,
and is able to live underwater.
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6. xi
Bocachico (P. Nigricans)
Shaman: The term “shaman,” or in Peru chaman, originates from the Turkic Asiatic
xii
word šaman. The term “shaman” is a recent Western import into the Amazon in the past
thirty years or so. In the Amazonian tradition there are many specializations and categories.
The traditional generic term would be vegetalista, which denotes they have received their
power from the plant kingdom. There are many sub-specializations of the vegetalista, for
example:
Palero: Specialist in the bark and roots of trees
Perfumero: Specialist in the perfumes of plants and flowers
Ayahuasquero: Specialist in ayahuasca
Chontero: Specialist in chonta (darts)
xiii
Chaicuni: ancestral spirits of the Shipibo
xiv
Cushma: A traditional, loose-fitting woven cotton tunic. A Shipibo cushma is usually
white cotton decorated with Shipibo geometric patterns.
xv
Chaquira: Typically a necklace or bracelet made from small seeds or coloured beeds.
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