Ayahuasca Visions by Pablo Amaringo, Luis Luna, Luis Eduardo Luna

By Pablo Amaringo, Luis Luna, Luis Eduardo Luna

The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in incredible style and color during this exact, large-format quantity, representing the fruit of a number of years of collaboration among a Peruvian folks artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.

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The victim feels very tired; he will go to sleep. When he wakes up he will begin to vomit blood until he dies. No vegetalista can cure this kind of sorcery. Only God can save him. There are in this painting several plants. To the left of the Shipibo chontero is a marannara [unidentified], a plant used by sorcerers. Above is a tree called tungara [unidentified]. Its icaros are used to cause harm. In the upper part of the painting is a plant with thorns, which is the cocona-sacha [unidentified]. Next is a siuca-huito [Solanum kioniotrichum], and above the piranha is the plant called alambre-casha [unidentified].

The victim feels very tired; he will go to sleep. When he wakes up he will begin to vomit blood until he dies. No vegetalista can cure this kind of sorcery. Only God can save him. There are in this painting several plants. To the left of the Shipibo chontero is a marannara [unidentified], a plant used by sorcerers. Above is a tree called tungara [unidentified]. Its icaros are used to cause harm. In the upper part of the painting is a plant with thorns, which is the cocona-sacha [unidentified]. Next is a siuca-huito [Solanum kioniotrichum], and above the piranha is the plant called alambre-casha [unidentified].

They come out to rest by riverbanks, along lakes, and by ravines. Yet further in the background can be seen the underwater realms of great splendour and beauty. One of these realms is an enchanted underwater forest of aquatic plants and seashells containing precious pearls and aquamarines. Another of these realms is the city of the huiracucha mermaids [huiracucha = the white people]. Here live the most sublime and beautiful mermaids, possessing great magical power. Further to the left is the miraculous oasis of youth, resplendent with aromatic fragrances.

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