The Evolution of the painting 'Chacruna Versucum (Canción de la Chacruna)' featured in the book 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'

1. CHACRUNA VERSUCUM ‐ Canción de la Chacruna
BY PABLO AMARINGO
The Story of a painting
Two versions of this painting are presented in the book 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo'.
We originally had Chacruna Versucum professionally photographed in April 2007. The following year
Pablo showed us a revised version of this work. This was an exception as he had painted over the
original canvas, and something
that he does not usually do. Pablo
commented that on reflection he
regretted repainting the canvas,
and this is one of the reasons we
felt it important to include both
versions. We talked with him to
understand his thinking and de‐
velopment between the two
paintings.
Versucum is a Latin word mean‐
ing “verse,” or “canto.” (Note
that both versions are dated 2003
on the paintings.)
Chacruna Versucum 2003 Version (Summary Narrative)
The five dryads sing gently to heal through the circle of chacruna leaves; they transmit love and heal‐
ing energy. These fairies accompany the plants of the rainforest. They represent the five outer senses,
and the many inner faculties which are derived from them: intelligence, consideration, knowledge,
discernment, spiritual perception and wisdom. In the central circle the celestial aspects of chacruna
are represented by the circle of leaves while the ayahuasca vine represents the Earth.

2. Pablo said “After I had painted the
earlier version, I realized that cha‐
cruna has many other attributes and
I wanted to emphasise its celestial
aspects. This is the reason why I
have painted this second”
Chacruna Versucum 2007 Version (Summary Narrative)
This is the second version of the painting which was painted on top of the first. In the centre
Pablo added the triangle of life to represent body, soul and spirit, and the triangular geometry of
the human body. The triangle has an eye on each corner to symbolise intelligence, wisdom and
the merging of wisdom with ignorance. Our inner depths are reflected through our eyes.
Pablo adds the golden horses around the circle to represent the energy from working with aya‐
huasca and also elaborates on how the yacurunas kidnap the man fishing from his canoe in the
cocha.
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