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Maiz y Coca-Cola chronicles the adventures of the author in the Amazon jungle and Andes Mountains as she searches for various medicine men to apprentice with, the experiences she encounters along the way, and the inner journey that eventually leads her back home.

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Whether sharing knowledge attained through a sacred plant ritual, the romance she finds with a leader of the Huaorani, or the tarantulas that frighten her while she bathes, Diane Terezakis authentically shares her experiences as if unashamedly talking to a best friend.

Diane's quest for the elusive, yet eclectic state of enlightenment is an inner and outer journey, where she seeks to acquire shamanic wisdom as well as to learn about herself, and although she has a game plan in mind, Diane follows the path that the Universe governs.

Part One: Civilization, chronicles the introductory voyage that takes the author through the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes, meeting shamans she wants to return and study with, the indigenous and the gringos she befriends along the way, the scrapes she gets into, and the reflections on significant episodes in her life. In Part Two: Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, the author's mentor, a shaman in the Ecuadorian Andes, Dr. Valentin Hampejs, helps point the way toward other medicine men for her to supplement her studies with after her disappointing stay with the Secoya shaman, Don Cesario. Enlightening rituals with Dr. Hampejs, a romantic relationship with the Huaorani, Moi, and fun times with her quasi-cousins help balance her disappointment. Chauvinism, greed, and alcohol have marred many of the medicine men that the author finds. Journeying through the Andes while El Nino's ravishing of roads has made travel dangerous, Terezakis precariously makes her way into the Peruvian Andes, plagued by recurring dreams with important messages that eventually lead her back home.

Elixir qualities aside, inhabitants of the Amazon jungle and the Andes Mountains (symbolized by Maiz) are becoming perpetually Westernized (symbolized by Coca-Cola emblems throughout South America), and the terrain is sadly changing. Oil companies decimate the Amazon daily, and cultures in both vicinities are losing their hold. As if catching fleeting moments on film, Diane attempts, through her memoir, to immortalize the beauty of the jungle and the mountains while capturing comic moments, vulnerable, endearing episodes, thought-provoking tragedies, and painful disillusionment. Diane's passages weave into an unforgettable scrapbook of her travels in South America.

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I'd been on a roll for the last ten years, travelling and doing fun things like scuba diving and smoking cigars in Cuba, parachuting outside of Moscow with the Russian Special Forces, and rock climbing in the mountains of Siurana, Spain. When I went down to the Andes for the first time, to share Christmas with my brother's Ecuadorian wife and her family, the itch to journey got hold of me within the first few days, and so, off I went into the Amazon jungle. Like Dorothy on her trip to Oz, the people I met along the way, the exotic places and formidable creatures I saw, the experiences that pointed the way to other destinations, and the memories of home shaped my journey through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Like a decent travel essay should, I invite you to get swept along on the ride with me as you cozily sit with your feet on the coffee table, deliciously entertained, and free from itsy-bitsy biting critters, rabid jungle dogs, and nefarious medicine men.

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  • PublisherXlibris
  • Publication date2001
  • ISBN 10 0738852627
  • ISBN 13 9780738852621
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages356

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