Visionary Ayahuasca: A Manual for Therapeutic and Spiritual Journeys
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (722 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1620553457 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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He explores how to deal with the nausea and details the special preparatory diets an ayahuasca shaman will put you on, often lasting for months but necessary for life-transforming results and teachings from the plant spirits. He also explains how it is far easier to maintain these restrictions in the jungle than in the city. At first only a curious filmmaker, over multiple trips he transformed from explorer to apprentice to ayahuasquero and often found himself surrounded by other foreigners coming to the jungle for their first taste of ayahuasca medicine. Knowing how little guidance is available on how to prepare or what to expect, he naturally offered them advice. Part visionary ayahuasca memoir and part practical guide, this book contains the same step-by-step advice that Kounen provides first-time ayahuasca users in the jungle. Detailing his own ayahuasca experiences over hundreds of sessions, including a trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies in 25 days, Kounen describes how ayahuasca transformed him. He tells of his meetings with Shipibo healers, including Kestenbetsa, who opened the doors of this world for him, and Panshin Beka, the shaman to whom Kounen became an apprentice. A veritable “what to expect” guide, this book should be your first step prior to committing to ayahuasca.. He details the many other plants and foods that are part of the ayahuasca healer’s medicine cabinet, such as to&eacut
This book provides excellent insights into the discipline and the rigors of the traditional plant diet as well as the underlying relationship between human and plant consciousness. A filmmaker’s guide to the cinematic world of ayahuasca.” (Jeremy Narby, anthropologist and author)“Jan Kounen’s descriptions of his experiences with ayahuasca are informed, poetic, and at times authentically visceral. The manual section is honest, revealing, invaluable, and packed with everything, including how to find a safe and sane teacher, how to sit during ceremony, what kinds of clothes to bring, and why dietas are necessary for real healing. It was a pleasure to read this book.” (Howard G. Don’t leave home without it!” (Alan Shoemaker, author of Ayahuasca Medicin
His interest in Shipibo culture and shamanism developed during his trips to Peru to shoot music videos, leading to his apprenticeship to an ayahuasca shaman. . Jan Kounen is a filmmaker who has created a number of films and documentaries, including 99 Francs, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, and the celebrated Blueberry. He lives in France
Compañero said Four Stars. Many good insights by a renowned filmmaker into how to work effectively with ayahuasca.. Five Stars Josias Morrobel It's a great book!!It's one of the few good books about the medicine