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"In ancient times our Ancestors drank Yaj
é.
During their intoxication they saw in vision the Maoma red toad. Inebriated with Yaj
é
,
they stared at him and saw that he transmitted energy
and was a receptacle for the spirits.
He looked like a person, dwelling in a big house.
There he sang the songs of the Sun.
The Ancestors saw that in their visions.
The more they stared at him, the more beautiful their
Yaj
é
teacher songs became."
(Siona
Yaje' song dedicated to the Sun, sang for clarity of vision during the Ayahuasca ceremony. Source: Taita Victoriano Piaguaje).
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We are delighted to announce that the special journey programme for our Spirit of Yage residential group retreat in Southern Colombia - on 02-12 August 2016
- is now ready for download from the url/link:
You may find the official retreat page at the url:
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In the jungle of Putumayo, on the way to the Hornoyaco waterfall.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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* Daily excursions to the sacred and ancestral power places of Putumayo - canyons, rivers and especially pristine waterfalls - with Taita Victoriano, indigenous guide and staff.
* Four all-night Yage ceremonies - for the first time ever - all with "Ayahuasca honey", a.k.a.
The plant teacher
Chiricaspi, used by Taita Victoriano in the saunas.
Photo © El Mundo Magico
* No New Age non-sense!
* Special guests:
Taita Laureano - 110 years old grandmaster shaman;
Taita Victoriano, shaman from the Siona people of Colombia;
Taita Aureliano, shaman and traditional authority of the Inga people in Condagua, disciple of Taita Querubin Queta;
And also with:
Gabriel, indigenous Yanacona guide;
Francesco and Igni, organizers, facilitating for El Mundo Magico, and interpreting between Spanish and English;
Lidia, wife of Taita Victoriano and governor of a local indigenous community.
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Taita Laureano and Taita Victoriano.
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* Three saunas with Chiricaspi (Brunfelsia chiricaspi, part of the nightshades family) and/or other plant teachers;
* One sacred shamanic snuff medicine session (made with tobacco and other Amazonian medicinal plants);
* Full day visit to the indigenous Inga community of Condagua;
* Talk (with video-display and Q&A session) by Taita Aureliano in the
Iachai Wasi Yagé Ceremonial centre on the
ancestral use of Ayahuasca (a.k.a. Yaje', Purihuasca, or Ambihuasca) amid the Ingas, direct descendants of the ancient Incas;
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Don Victoriano, showing medicinal plants encountered on the way to Dantayaco. Photo © El Mundo Magico |
* Celebration of Inga culture with a session of traditional Inga music performed by indigenous musicians coming from different villages nearby;
* Teacher plants and medicinal plant trail in the Inga community of Condagua, led by Taita Aureliano.
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In the Inga community of Condagua.
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El Mundo Magico
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A wonderful Ayahuasca adventure in southern Colombia, with special guests:
Don Laureano
110 years old grandmaster shaman - Taita Mayor of the Siona people (and, as far as we know, oldest living and practicing Yagé shaman on earth)
Taita Victoriano
Shaman from the Siona people of Colombia, son of Don Laureano.
Taita Aureliano
Shaman and traditional authority of the Inga people in Condagua. Disciple of Don Querubin Queta, Taita Mayor of the Cofan people.
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Having a laugh with Don Laureano.
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El Mundo Magico
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Includes visits to amazing power places like the "secluded waterfall", the Mandiyaco canyon, the Canalendre, Dantayaco and the primordial Hornoyaco sacred waterfalls. Plus a full day in the local Inga community of Condagua, where still live - in their ancestral land - the descendants of the ancient Incas.
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In the jungle, arriving to the sacred and primordial Hornoyaco waterfall.
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When we say "sacred", and "primordial" places, we mean it. Hornoyaco, for instance, is renowned among indigenous people for its oil and gas exploration "magical repellent" properties...Before it became a protected zone, every single time a gas and/or oil exploration company tried to survey the remote jungle area where the waterfall is located, there were inevitably very heavy downpours and/or thunderstorms which have prevented those companies to carry out their intended drilling projects. The spirits protecting the waterfall managed to keep those companies at bay, until the whole area became officially protected.
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Taita Querubin Queta,
Taita Mayor, in the
Iachai Wasi Yage Ceremonial centre - Photo courtesy J. Imbachi
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