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Posted in The Path of Enlightenment on May 28th, 2011
Three days shy of the 36th birthday, and I’m finally logging thoughts in here – first time this year. Laziness? Desire to hide? LIfe just taking over? Yes. Also, an overwhelming amount of truth to tell. That old – where to begin? – stressor, which leads to complete abandonment. And yet I’m back. With a [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on Jun 2nd, 2007
We left behind the life-giving beauty of our beloved pyramid and shuffled back down to the infinitely powerful mesa; the place this journey began. Howard packed up each precious piece; this would be the last time we would bow to this particular mesa, so we all had our moment. We let the portal take us [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 31st, 2007
There we were, twelve pilgrims, facing down one of Peru’s – nay, the world’s – most sacred sites: The Huacha Cortada, or the life-giving pyramid. She’s deceptively small, this moundish creation, and straight down the middle is an old staircase of sorts, welcoming ascension. It’s no optical illusion: this pyramid looked like a vagina. There’s [...]
Posted in Huachuma Ceremonies, Shamanic Ceremonies on May 29th, 2007
We arrived at El Brujo a little before noon, sweeping into the extraordinarily remote and sandy coastal mecca. The two pyramids appeared more like large sandy mounds; deceptively simple. I felt like we were a band of warriors, parking our van a stone’s through from the ocean, and piling out with panchos and day packs [...]
