Shipibo Tradition – Iquitos Shipibo Shop
Posted on | October 22, 2009 | No Comments
Eric – check out the Shipibo Shop video I shot on my last trip to Peru. Bastian and his wife Vanessa operate this cool little store on a ruddy sand road about a half hour’s walk from Espiritu De Anaconda near Iquitos, Peru. They buy their stuff from Shipibos in Pucallupa. they always have great stuff. You can see in the video some of the different bracelets and textiles they carry which represent the patterns of different Master Plants in Vegetalismo.
Welcome to the Jungle – Amazonian Shamanism
Posted on | October 5, 2009 | No Comments
Eric, “WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE” is a cover story I did for LA YOGA MAGAZINE about Amazonian Shamanism… more specifically about the Shipibo Master Plant healing tradition called Vegetalismo.
The video is a combination of footage I shot at ESPIRITU DE ANACONDA in Iquitos, Peru along with footage from filmmaker RYAN WYLIE.
Ayahuasca, Shamanism And The Diets Of Healing
“I’ll open your thoughts. By doing so I’ll fill you with joy. By doing so I’ll straighten your thoughts. By doing so I’ll straighten your body. now I’ll heal you to the depths of your heart. By doing so I’ll fill you with immense joy. By doing so I’ll return life to your body and to your thoughts. I’ll heal your being, your body, with the powerful essence of the tree and the universe. so you are joyous, remember my words. so you remember them, I will chant them. Though I’m small, I made your thoughts shine. The universe is in harmony. The word is and ever will be.”
–– Shamanic Chants of KESTENBETSA (Echo of the Universe) from JAN KOUNEN’S Ayahuasca Documentary, OTHER WORLDS.
Tags: Amazon > Espiritu de Anaconda > Shamanism > Vegatalsimo
THE ALMOST DAILY CURE – 6/30/09
Posted on | June 30, 2009 | No Comments
HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT WHENEVER YOU HAVE A PROBLEM YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE? ONE GUESS ON WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
- Anonymous (@thecurelist)
Venice Sensory Deprivation Tank
Posted on | June 26, 2009 | No Comments
Sam – just got back from the Venice float tanks. Talk about intense! After about 45 minutes my neck finally relaxed and I was able to let go (stayed in there for 2 hours) and do some deep meditation. Had some pretty crazy visions. It was a bit claustrophobic for me but working through that was part of it. There was a moment where I connected with something much bigger than me… a bit of a spiritual awakening perhaps!!?? You have to check it out. A nice guy named Crash owns and operates the tank (there are two of them) – VENICE LOAT LAB
Tags: Meditation > Relaxation > Sensory Deprivation Tank
THE ALMOST DAILY CURE – 6/22/09
Posted on | June 22, 2009 | No Comments
IF EVERYTHING IS A PROJECTION OF ME, WHY NOT CHANGE MY PERCEPTION OF MY PROJECTION?
- Anonymous (@thecurelist)
Ojai Sulfur Hot Springs
Posted on | June 21, 2009 | 1 Comment
Sam – you’d have loved this!!
This past weekend we took a trip to Ojai (CA) for some much needed R & R. Thanks to some locals at the hotel we got the “secret” directions to the sulfur hot springs (there are a few natural hot springs close to Ojai, but from what I found out this is the one closest to town and the one with the sulfur).
Off the beaten path (near the lake), down a trail, and over a bunch of rocks, hidden are a few of Ojai’s secret treasures. The pools mix with the river so there’s always a constant flow of fresh clean water. Last week I read up a bit on sulfur’s curative properties so I was anxious to check them out. Water temperature was a comfortable 100-105 degrees and we stayed in them for about an hour (did some great meditating). There were a few people there but because this place really isn’t well known, the traffic was minimal – plus the locals who were there were great for conversation. A must visit!
On a side not, Ojai is an amazing place with so many healing (and fun things) to do. If you go, be sure to check out FEAST BISTRO – Susan, the chef, is awesome and the food is really good!
Valley of Dawn
Posted on | June 19, 2009 | No Comments
Eric when you have a minute, check out Valley of Dawn.
It’s a community of mediums about 50 kilometers from Brasília – between three and four thousand people visit the Valley every day seeking help for their spiritual or personal problems. This is the kind of stuff you only see in Brazil. The mediums are reincarnations of extraterrestrials. It was so hot when I was there I couldn’t believe they were all dressed doing their ritual in the mid day sun. When I arrived they were all there about to begin. They turned and looked me up and down. ”Don’t worry,” some lady said to me,”They’re mediums. They’re scanning your blueprint.” Which didn’t worry me at all as I’m from Los Angeles, and compared to some of the stuff going on there, this seemed like a good place to be with some extraterrestrial reincarnate mediums.
Stop the Peru Genocide! Email Obama
Posted on | June 18, 2009 | No Comments
WEEK OF JUNE 2, 2009:
Police Massacre of Indigenous Protesters in the Peruvian Amazon Linked to US-Peru FTA
This week, Peruvian officials will meet with in Washington for discussions on FTA implementation. We need to send a strong message to
our government that we stand with the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon and reject the killing and destruction which current U.S. free trade policies promote. Reject the killing of indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon – EMAIL OBAMA HERE.
The Almost Daily Cure – 6/06/09
Posted on | June 6, 2009 | No Comments
WE BLAME OTHERS FOR OUR SORROWS AND MISFORTUNES, NOT PERCEIVING THAT WE OURSELVES ARE THE CREATORS OF OUR WORLD.
- Courtesy of, Bowl of Saki by Hazrat Inayat Khan
The 15-Minute Miracle
Posted on | June 6, 2009 | No Comments
Eric, a guy called “The Magnificent Steve” gave me a copy of this book a few years back in Mt Shasta. Someone gave it to him and he had such amazing results that he bought $1000.00 worth of copies to give away. It’s a sort of hyper refined metaphysical affirmation manual by a woman named Jacquelyn Aldana. I’ve been doing it for years, with the same result. It’s like sandblasting negative inpaths in my brain created by thought patterns by inserting new ones.
Tags: 15 Minute Miracle > Affirmation > Book > Brain > Cure > Healer > Healing > Metaphysics
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