Shamanism shared across cultures cultural survival. Here is a collection of ayahuasca documentaries available online. Ayahuasca documentary feature length film by mark silver. Dec 08, 2016 ayahuasca, also known as the vine of the dead has been increasing in popularity in the last few years. Aug 15, 2014 metamorphosis is a documentary that follows several westerners as they undergo five ayahuasca ceremonies and experience the gamut of emotions from utter fear to outright ecstasy.
Westerners are often seeking in ayahuasca a kind of relationship counselling to heal their divorced or complicated marriage with nature. This is an edited transcript of a series of conversations between howard g. Kyle nolan spent the summer of 2011 talking up a documentary called stepping into the fire, about the mindexpanding potential of ayahuasca. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ayahuasca. Ayahuasca, shamanic healing through an amazonian medicine. If you know of a film that you think deserves to be on this page, please contact us to let us know.
Ayahuasca shamanism in the amazon and beyond oxford. Souther talks about the events that led him to amazonian shamanism. He bridges the indigenous shamanic traditions his teachers entrusted in him with a contemporary shamanic approach relevant to. Ayahuasca and amazonian shamanism temple of the way of light.
A documentary journey into the world and visions of amazonian shamanism, adapted from the cult book aya. Icaros are the songs sung by the shamans during an ayahuasca ceremony. Ayahuasca has been used by shamans and those they help for hundreds if not thousands of years. You have to go through the chaos of your mind, sometimes, in order to get to clarity. If you are interested, heres the best 10 ayahuasca documentaries that you.
Last, but not least, with his passion for the cartoon movie shaman king, my son, little. Part visionary ayahuasca memoir and part practical guide, this book contains the same stepbystep advice that kounen provides firsttime ayahuasca users in the jungle. The film tells the story of a harddriving derivatives trader and exmarine named roberto velez, who, in his words, turned. You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Other worlds explores the ancient spiritual amazonian enlightenment drug ayahuasca. Ever wonder what its like to come out of your own cocoon. Metamorphosis healing with ayahuasca documentary youtube. Although in digenous spiritual practitioners occasionally cook ayahuasca by. It is made from the stem of the ayahuasca vine banisteriopsis caapi, or in quechua, the vine of the ancestors and the leaves of either the chacruna psychotria viridis or chagropanga diplopterys cabrerana. How to explore shamanism through ayahuasca new age. This one focuses on the animist altai people of central asia. Apr 19, 2015 shamanism other worlds ayahuasca documentary. The main approach of the onanya to remove negative energies is energy medicine that comes in the form of song.
Encounters with the amazons sacred vine, is a panorama of texts translated from nearly a dozen languages on the ayahuasca experience. A film about the ayahuaska shaman center in amazon forest. Icaros healing songs of the shamans ayahuasca canada. Apr 22, 2016 10 mindaltering documentaries about ayahuasca. These documentaries are the fruit of several people partaking in ayahuasca ceremonies and it completely changed their life.
Visionary ayahuasca by jan kounen overdrive rakuten. This twohour documentary features four people with various illnesses that are treated by a shaman using ayahuasca. This is a no frills documentary about a deeply mysterious and deeply personal experience that shows the reader yet another vehicle for metamorphosis. It premiered at the sundance festival 2015, winning the u. This book discusses how amerindian epistemology and ontology related to certain indigenous shamanic rituals of the amazon spread to western societies, and how indigenous. Interview documentary of french instructor and writer paul degryse, which has been been studying, practicing and teaching a form of toltec shamanism based on the work of carlos castaneda and don. Hamilton souther is a shamans apprentice who is the owner of a shaman camp where people drink medicine made of ayahuaska a plant which allows to loose individuality for some time and find oneself. Hamilton has kind of disavowed his title as master shaman and while don alberto still practices there occasionally with traditional medicine ceremonies, many of the retreats are now centered around universality instead of the traditional shamanic lineage based medicine. Ayahuasca has been used by shamans and those whom they help for hundreds if not thousands of years.
His interests center on the indigenous ceremonial use of the sacred plants ayahuasca and other psychoactive and healing plants in the amazon, peyote in ceremonies of the native american church, huachuma in peruvian mesa rituals, and teonanacatl and other mushrooms and plants in mesoamerican healing ceremonies and on the legal status. Metamorphosis movie hamilton souther is the founder of blue morpho tours, a company that caters to ayahuasca tourists in the peruvian amazon. This is a documentary about the ayahuasca experience at blue morpho, a center for ayahuasca near the city of iquitos in peru. Filmmaker michael wieses latest documentary, the shaman and ayahuasca. It also explores the shamans who work with the medicine as well as all the key elements of an ayahuasca ceremony. One man shares his journey through ayahuasca and into a new experience as his own shaman. This film provides a glimpse into the rituals and practices of shamanism while revealing indepth rare scientific studies of ayahuasca. It also explores the shamans who work with the medicine as well as all the key elements of an ayahuasca. It follows a group of seekers through a traditional ayahuasca retreat, documenting their experiences, insights and healing. The way of the shaman pioneered the shamanic renaissance in the west and remains the foremost resource and reference on practical shamanism. Ayahuasca and its incredible ability to heal has been slowly but steadily creeping into western consciousness. They decided to create something of value to spread the awareness of the life changing medicine of ayahuasca.
Well continue to update this page as more films are produced. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive membersonly content. Other worlds shamanism ayahuasca documentary youtube. Itzhak beerys the gift of shamanism is a wonderful, and wonderfully gentle, introduction to the magic, mystery and mysticism inherent in real shamanic practiceand im not just saying this because i painted the image on the cover. As interest in ayahuasca grows, so does the question of how to explain this mysterious phenomenon to the uninitiated seeker. Heaven earth explores the practice and commercialization of amazonian ayahuasca shamanism in iquitos. Darkness is a temporary illusion, but the light is ever present. Pdf anthropologists have determined that shamanism is a robust crosscultural pattern, but they still have many methodological and. These documentaries are about people partaking in ayahuasca ceremonies and it completely changed their life.
The featurelength documentary film portrays all day activities of percy a peruvian healer and another western ayahuasquero, named ron. An insiders account of the journey to become an ayahuasquero, a shaman who heals with the visionary vine ayahuasca details the authors training and life as a curandero using ayahuasca medicine, san pedro cactus, tobacco purges, psychedelic mushrooms, and other visionary plants. The globalization of ayahuasca shamanism and the erasure of. Marc silver is an award winning filmmaker and director of the oscar shortlisted and emmy nominated feature doc, 3. Metamorphosis the blue morpho ayahuasca experience full.
Top 7 ayahuasca documentaries free and complete films. These include indigenous mythic narratives, testimonies, and religious hymns, as well as stories related by western travelers, scientists, and writers who have had contact with ayahuasca in different contexts. Ayahuasca experience a master ayahuasca shaman shares his experience of shamanic apprenticeship. This looks at the sangoma women of the xhosa in south africa. The icaros are used for many purposes by the shamans but generally they are used to work with and direct the healing powers of the plant spirits. This documentary investigates ayahuasca and its use largely as a religious sacrament. It contains actual footage of people under ayahuasca which they undergo in nearly complete darkness so the camera uses night vision to give you a good of idea of what it is like. The film tells the story of a harddriving derivatives trader and exmarine named roberto velez, who, in his words, turned his back on the greed, power, and vice of wall.
He describes how to prepare for the first ceremony and what to do in the days afterward. Oneness sunday, september 21, 2014 ayahuasca, dmt 0 comments metamorphosis is a documentary film by keith aronowitz, who traveled to peru to try ayahuasca for the first time at the blue morp. It can be found all over the amazon and in other places in the world. The shamanic world of amazonian sacred plant healing kindle edition by shoemaker, alan. Ayahuasca is a companion documentary to huachuma, shot at spiritquest sanctuary near lquitos, peru. The globalization of ayahuasca shamanism and the erasure of indigenous shamanism. Wiese takes along on his journey into the peruvian amazon to undergo a 10 day dieta working with a master entheogenic plant and shaman, don jose campos.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jun 14, 2018 ayahuasca art in the west illustrates how the sacred brew of amazonia has become a particular symbol of life in urbanized, industrialized societies. He is a leading shamanic teacher, speaker, and community activist. It contains actual footage of people under ayahuasca which they undergo in nearly complete darkness so the camera uses night vision to give you a. Above the floating houses that swing through the wild amazon river, inside the voracious nature that seems trying to swallow with that stunning green. New ayahuasca documentary, and graham hancock aom rick mg wednesday, may 6th exploring ayahuasca shamanism in the amazon, metamorphosis is a new documentary. Ayahuasca has been used by shamans and those they help for hundreds if not. If you make a choice to walk into the darkness, eventually you may come to know that love is the invisible glue that binds, and light is the container everything is held in. Blue morpho has changed significantly since this film was made however.
Metamorphosis ayahuasca documentary mind bending videos. Sep 15, 2016 i propose a more holistic approach to ayahuasca shamanism that views indigenous peoples not living in a fictitious harmony with nature but as people embedded in larger struggles and facing important challenges not the least of which is the recent commercialization of indigenous spirituality. Charing, author of the ayahuasca visions of pablo amaringo, and steve beyer, author of singing to the plants. Ayahuasca is a sacred brew that has a long history of ritual use among indigenous groups of the upper amazon. Metamorphosis ayahuasca documentary mind, body, heart and soul. I was left with the impression that this is all i have within my sphere of influence, all i can do is be an example and help others realize their potential. Ayahuasca and amazonian shamanism history of ayahuasca ayahuasca is an amazonian plant medicine that has been used for centuries, possibly thousands of years, by indigenous and more recently mestizo ayahuasca shaman across the upper amazon throughout peru, colombia, ecuador and brazil. Both live near iquitos and host nightly ayahuasca ceremonies and retreats, mainly for interested westerners. Cave and cosmos, its sequel, draws from a lifetime of personal shamanic experiences, providing instructions on michael harners innovative core shamanism. Searchers of this hallucinogenic form of healing have traveled to remote places in peru, brazil, and colombia, to experience its life changing effects. Youll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more. Shamanism other worlds ayahuasca documentary youtube.
For as much world wide popularity ayahuasca shamanism has. The path of the sun is a documentary film about shamanism, ancient wisdom and the powerful healing offered by the medicinal plant ayahuasca. Muus way and muus adobe were represented by the vagina and uterus of the. The onanya explain that all plants have their own songs and these songs, the ikaros, are taught to the healer during dietas extended periods of time in isolation adhering to strict dietary conditions designed to receive the healing energy and teachings of the plants. Jun 12, 2009 this is a documentary about the ayahuasca experience at blue morpho, a center for ayahuasca near the city of iquitos in peru. We enter in a deep trip to try to show with images that. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read black smoke. Those whose usage of ayahuasca is performed in nontraditional contexts often align themselves with the philosophies and cosmologies associated with ayahuasca shamanism, as practiced among indigenous peoples like.
Journeys to sacred realms, meets this challenge with remarkable grace. Ayahuasca shamanism in the amazon and beyond is an important analysis into the implications of respecting, understanding and integrating indigenous ways of knowledge within western ontologies providing an informative look at the impetus behind the cross cultural appeal of ayahuasca and broader currents underlying the acknowledgement of this. Oneness monday, april 27, 2009 ayahuasca, dmt 2 comments ayahuasca, the holy sacrament which the indigenous people and shamans of the amazon have known as a powerful holistic purgative medicine cap. Metamorphosis ayahuasca documentary by keith aronowitz this is one of. Ayahuasca is a powerfully psychedelic south american brew traditionally made from the b. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ayahuasca medicine. Ayahuasca shamanism in the amazon and beyond editedby beatriz caiubylabate, clancycavnar. Itzhak beery, the bestseller author of the gift of shamanism, shamanic transformations, and shamanic healing.
One of its primary effects is considered to be the vomiting the purge that accompanies the experience. Ayahuasca is a powerful purgative and curative mixture which is used by the shamans of the amazon to commune with the spirits, who then oversee the healing of the person who drinks the ayahuasca brew, while the shaman guides the healing session. Documentary of authentic ayahuasca shamans leading ceremonies in a week long healing retreat. The globalization of ayahuasca shamanism and the erasure. Ayahuasca is a collaboration between mythaphi and aubrey marcus. Those wanting to learn about the healing abilities of ayahuasca, this is a good place to start. The indigenous wisdom of communion with plants for facilitating healing is expressed in these ceremonies. Five firsttime ayahuasca drinkers on a nineday retre. Alan shoemakers apprenticeship with the medicine ayahuasca is rich in wonder, frank in detail, and embodies the cultural metamorphosis those of us who connect with the power plants must undergo. The globalization of ayahuasca shamanism and the erasure of indigenous shamanism article in anthropology of consciousness 272.