Experience the Tranquility of a Session with a Shaman
Pachamama means ‘Mother Earth.’
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini.
The organized religion to which I was introduced as a child is one of repetition and repentance; we must constantly seek to avoid damnation for repeatedly soiling ourselves in sin. Also, there are a few arbitrary rules: eat fish on Fridays and only men may ascend the church’s hierarchy. Don’t use birth control. Don’t be gay. Is it any wonder that I am drawn to a practice that simply gives thanks? And so I learn, in a shamanic session in Peru, about reverence for pachamama, or Mother Earth, and the importance of thankfulness and praise for the planet and for our ancestors.
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In praise of pachamama with Shaman Enrique Puma in Cusco, Peru.
Learning about Pachamama, Peruvian Art, and Shamanism Practices
Are you planning to spend some time with a shamanic practitioner? Make a wish for yourself, for your family, for the Earth. Give thanks. Light some incense, participate in a ritual, feel at peace. There are many ways of communing with the good forces of the universe.
—Lori Tripoli
Lori Tripoli is the editor and publisher of Bashful Adventurer. Based in the New York City vicinity, she writes about travel for a variety of publications.
Contact Lori at loritripoli@bashfuladventurer.com.
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The Incan trinity: condor, puma, serpent.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini.