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The Peruvian Shaman and the History of Medicinal Plants

The history of medicinal plants would not be such without the participation of men and women who have utilized the plants in the location or habitat where they live.  The first inhabitants of the Andean Amazon region lived a life of permanent understanding of the benefits offered by the environment for good health and curing […]

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Chumpi Khuyas and jiwayas stones, The Peruvian Andes and the use of magical stones

CHUMPI STONES, andean reiki, Peru Within Andean folk law (shamanism) it’s common to use different types of stones for health purposes, energy purification and good fortune. The khuyas are stones or objects carrying a special energizing power, intimately linked to the transmission of Munay or unconditional love, which the witchdoctor or (paqo) infuses into the […]

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Mapacho (Nicotiana Rustica) peruvian tobacco from Peru

The mapacho is a male plant that purifies and strengthens the physical body, causing mental clarity that helps to protect your energy, and reinforces the work of other plants and facilitates the removal of secretions from the airways, stimulates your dreaming activity.Nicotiana Rustica or Mapacho is a powerful kind of flowering plant found in snuff […]

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The Pachamama in the Andean worldview

The most common meaning for Pachamama is “Mother Earth.” “Pacha” for the Quechuan villages and towns and in Aymaran its equivalent to earth, universe, world or cosmos, time and space. It is usually used as meaning: “EARTH”. Moreover, “mama” where the meaning of  mother originates, she who who conceives life or (“Paqarina”). Pachamama, or “Mother Earth” or “Cosmos” is everything put together, in all these traditions it’s more than the sum of its parts, (similar to the Gestalt Psychology Theory).What affects one part […]