Ross Heaven
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Ross Heaven is a therapist, workshop leader, and the author of several books on shamanism and healing, including Darkness Visible, the best-selling Plant Spirit Shamanism, and Love’s Simple Truths. His website is http://www.thefourgates.com where you can also read how to join his sacred journeys to the shamans and healers of the Amazon.
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How Amazonian shamans are using ayahuasca, San Pedro and other jungle medicines to achieve up to 75% success rates in freeing people from addictions while the best Western models achieve only 30% success
Ayahuasca is a magical rainforest medicine made from ayahuasca vine (Banisteriopsis caapi) and the leaves of the chacruna plant (Psychotria viridis).
When Spanish explorers first encountered hummingbirds, they called them joyas voladoras: "flying jewels." The hummingbird was revered as a sacred healer, a guardian of plants, the spirit, and those who needed healing or were training as healers themselves. That is why the hummingbird is the symbol for The Hummingbird Retreat Centre.
By Gina Holsgrove The Hummingbird Retreat Centre in Spain offers a wide range of healing therapies and treatments, including massage, hot stone therapy, reiki, and crystals, and outstanding training in the arts of shamanism, soul retrieval, Thai herbal massage, Indian head massage, plant spirit shamanism, yoga, dance, creative writing - and many others - with courses taught by some of the world’s best-known and respected teachers.
So What is San Pedro, How Does it Work and How Might it be Helpful for Us in Dealing With the Issues We Face?
SAN PEDRO, THE “MIRACLE HEALER” AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ANDEAN HUACHUMERA (SAN PEDRO HEALER) By Ross Heaven
IQUITOS AND CUSCO TWO VERY BEAUTIFUL BUT VERY DIFFERENT PERUVIAN CITIES
PLANT SPIRIT SHAMANISM The Return of the Serpent: The Vine of Souls Two unique ceremonial workshops and introductions to ayahuasca, the legendary vine of souls and visionary teacher plant
Plant Spirit Shamans versus the climate change sceptics!
Syed Hamraz Ahsan was born into a Sufi Syed family and is a descendant of the prophet Mohammed. His grandfather was a pir (Sufi saint) and spiritual healer, who belonged to the Sufi Qadiriyyah Order, one of the oldest and most respected in the Indian subcontinent. In 2007, Syed Ahsan provided the introduction to my book, The Way Of The Lover: Rumi and the Spiritual Art of Love.
