Amazon Magic: The Life Story of Ayahuasquero & Shaman Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez - Softcover

Bear, Jaya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967425506 ISBN 13: 9780967425504

Publisher: Colibri Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Amazon Magic tells the life story of Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez, an ayahuaquero, a shaman skilled in the use of ayahuasca, a visionary and healing plant medicine. Told in his own words, Amazon Magic describes incidents from his childhood in a small jungle town beside the Amazon River, and his early and present day experiences with the plant medicine ayahuasca. The book recounts his days of being lost in the remote depths of the jungle which resulted in his living a year with an Indian tribe. This book provides a fascinating look into the cultural life of the Peruvian Amazon as seen through the eyes of someone who is an integral part of this life, and provides a rare insight into the forces that helped shape the life of a profound healer who is now highly regarded in many parts of the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Jaya Bear is the founder and director of Puma Shamanic Journeys, which falcilitates journeys and workshops that create opportunities for deep transformative work and life changing experiences. Jaya is an artist, entrepreneur, and organizer and has arranged numerous workshops and large events. For more than three decades, she has worked with spiritual teachers from many traditions.

Review:

Jaya Bear has created an ethnographic document that reveals an insider's view of the fantastic world of Amazonian shamanism. -- Timothy White, editor Shaman's Drum magazine

Jaya Bear portrays the spirit world of nature, through the warmth and knowledge of Don Rivas -- Brant Secunda, Huichol Shaman and Director of the Dance of the Deer Foundation Center for Shamanic Studies

This beautiful narrative is full of mystery, smells, sounds, and a reality far from the center of our experience. -- Winona La Duke, activist and author of Last Standing Woman

About this edition

• Publisher: Colibri Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0967425506
• ISBN 13: 9780967425504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230