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February 28, 2013 8:33 AM
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Why the Shaman needs Constant Virtue (Heng Te) - General Discussion

Why the Shaman needs Constant Virtue (Heng Te) - General Discussion | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

In short, if you do not stabilize (heng 恆) than an act of virtue (te 德) can bring evil.

What is also interesting is that in my Shamanic training I was informed that, "you must stabilize your personality before you step into power. Because when you have access to power it will manifest in accordance to your personality."

I will confirm this with my own experience because I opened my ability to "see" very young and because I was so immature within my personality it most certainly did bring "evil and disgrace".

At least to me this reconfirms my enduring sentiment that the study and training of 恆德 heng te, stable virtue, should supersede and precede any attempts for mystical powers.

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Chinese wisdom for those aspiring to be shamans

Simona Adriani's comment, March 1, 2013 3:33 AM
Really agree! Just tonight I made a dream, whom entire sense was resumed in those simple words:"If the goose doesn't floats, the eagle doesn't fly".
I was surprise and happy to find out right today this article who deals whit the same matter.
Your personality must float (the goose) before your spirit flies (the eagle)
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February 27, 2013 6:59 AM
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Do doctors visit other doctors when they fall ill? Or do they prescribe their own treatment and medication?

Do doctors visit other doctors when they fall ill? Or do they prescribe their own treatment and medication? | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it
Answer (1 of 28): The following is based on a true story that still gives me the chills when I think about it. Aspects of the story have been sufficiently modified to protect parties involved.
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Fascinating look into the subjective aspects of medical diagnosis.  I love the story about the married doctors who never agree with each other´s diagnosis!  

 

I'm growing more and more addicted to Quora

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February 25, 2013 5:37 PM
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Smithsonian Folkways - Spirit Intrusion Removal - Kofan shaman

Smithsonian Folkways - Spirit Intrusion Removal - Kofan shaman | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

"The coastal region of Ecuador extends along the western Pacific warm lowlands and is characterized by inlets, lagoons, mangrove and palm-lined beaches delineated by fast winding rivers that flow from the high Andes mountains. The Ecuadorian Montana, in the east, consist of a vast expanse of primary forest that descends rapidly towards the great alluvial plain that forms the Amazonia basin and its tributaries..."

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Some surprising recordings of ayahuasca session sounds from 1986

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February 25, 2013 7:38 AM
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Udupi: Practioner of traditional medicine Khatijamma no more

Udupi: Practioner of traditional medicine Khatijamma no more | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Khatijamma, also known as ‘Ajjamma’, practioner of traditional medicine passed away due to ill-health, at her residence on Monday February 18.

From past 75 years she gave treatment to couples who did not have children. It is said that she got this knowledge from her grandmother. Her treatment has helped many couples conceive. She has even given treatment in foreign countries.

 
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An indian curandera comme-if-fait

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February 25, 2013 7:36 AM
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Herbal medicine industry in dire need of regulation

Herbal medicine industry in dire need of regulation | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Traditional medicine is increasingly being used alongside conventional drugs in the management of diseases, but regulatory authorities warn that, unless the efficacy of some of these remedies is proven, you risk swallowing poison packaged as a drug. Researchers at JKUAT and Kemri have given some of these herbs the thumbs up, and all that stands between the herbalists and the local and international market is a Bill to police the field

Jerónimo M.M.'s insight:

More about Africa, the same tension as everywhere between the feeling that there is somehting positive in tradtional medicines, and need to control its hoaxes and abuses

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February 25, 2013 7:31 AM
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Toé, the 'Witchcraft Plant' That's Spoiling Ayahuasca Tourism

Toé, the 'Witchcraft Plant' That's Spoiling Ayahuasca Tourism | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

In other words, when giddy 20- and 30-somethings from Brooklyn descend upon Iquitos, Peru--which is seeing an uptick in ayahuasca tourism--it's becoming more and more likely that they'll be whisked away to lodges run by pervy, crash-coursed ayahuasqueros out to make a quick buck on unassuming tourists. And boy are unassuming tourists descending upon the largest city in the Peruvian rain forest: Hearn cites an unconfirmed stat "floating around Iquitos" that puts the influx of pilgrims as having increased fivefold over the last two years. Fivefold. As Roger Rumrill,  a journalist and Amazon expert who's written 25 books on the region, told Hearn, there's "a corresponding boom in charlatans – in fake shamans, who are targeting foreigners."



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February 25, 2013 7:25 AM
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More patients worldwide seek cure from traditional medicine : healthcare asia – medical and healthcare news in asia

More patients worldwide seek cure from traditional medicine : healthcare asia – medical and healthcare news in asia | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Traditional and Complementary Medicine (TCM) is now becoming a choice of treatment in many countries worldwide, and patients are favouring the promise of minimized side effects found in synthetic drugs.

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a nice summary of the worldwide state of traditional medicines

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February 24, 2013 1:03 PM
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Pachita – Jacobo Grinberg | El Sexto Sol

Pachita – Jacobo Grinberg | El Sexto Sol | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Esta es la historia de Bárbara Guerrero, extraída del libro “Pachita” de Jacobo Grinberg-Zylberbaum. Por cierto que la historia de este escritor está también llena de misterio. Jacobo Grinberg-Zylberbaum, fue un reconocido Psicólogo y doctor en Neurofisiología. En 1968 funda el laboratorio de Psicofisiología de la Universidad de Anáhuac. También es fundador del INPEC (instituto nacional para el estudio de la conciencia) y durante su vida publicó más de 50 libros

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Pachita era una de las curanderanderas más conoicdas de Mexico, realizaba "operaciones" con un cuchillo de cocina, donde extraia y reemplazaba organos.  Alejandro Jodorowski pasó tiempo con ella y ha escrito sobre su técnica.  El post incluye enlaces al libro del psicólogo Jacobo Grinberg

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February 24, 2013 12:44 PM
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Entrevista a Lluis Mallart | Institut català d'antropologia

"Somos tan soberbios que vamos a África a dar lecciones, no a escuchar"
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african ethnopharmacology

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February 17, 2013 5:05 PM
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The Dark Side of Ayahuasca – MensJournal.com

The Dark Side of Ayahuasca – MensJournal.com | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

"The airport in Iquitos is buzzing with ayahuasca tourism. Vans from shamanic lodges pick up psychedelic pilgrims from around the world, while taxi drivers peddle access to Indian medicine men. "It reminds me of how they sell cocaine and marijuana in Amsterdam," one local said. "Here, it's shamans and ayahuasca."



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February 17, 2013 12:53 PM
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Forget the Placebo Effect: It's the 'Care Effect' That Matters | Wired.com

Forget the Placebo Effect: It's the 'Care Effect' That Matters | Wired.com | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it
Nathanael Johnson explores the “care effect” — the idea that the opportunity for patients to feel heard and cared for can improve their health.
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"Back in 2002, The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper showing that arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis worked no better than a placebo, though 650,000 such operations were being performed a year. Knee doctors protested: They knew from personal experience that their patients felt much better after this procedure. These patients had come to them with their pain; the surgeons provided care in the form they knew best — surgery — and the patients’ pain decreased. But as with the saw palmetto and Chinese herbs, the surgery itself wasn’t the thing that helped. In the years since, other trials have confirmed the study’s findings and silenced the protests. It’s reasonable to think that the act of caring may be what led to the improvements."

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Back in 2002, The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper showing that arthroscopic knee surgery for arthritis worked no better than a placebo, though 650,000 such operations were being performed a year. Knee doctors protested: They knew from personal experience that their patients felt much better after this procedure. These patients had come to them with their pain; the surgeons provided care in the form they knew best — surgery — and the patients’ pain decreased. But as with the saw palmetto and Chinese herbs, the surgery itself wasn’t the thing that helped. In the years since, other trials have confirmed the study’s findings and silenced the protests. It’s reasonable to think that the act of caring may be what led to the improvements.

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February 15, 2013 6:13 PM
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The World and Its Double – Sierra Madre, CA – T. McKenna – 1993

The World and Its Double – Sierra Madre, CA – T. McKenna – 1993 | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it
Nature Friends Lodge, Sierra Madre, CA, 11. September 1993
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February 15, 2013 6:24 AM
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Nuevo libro: Psilocibes, por J.C. Bouso

Nuevo libro: Psilocibes, por J.C. Bouso | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Click here to edit the title

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-The Mushrooms- es el grupo de artistas formado por Daniel Ciro, Òscar Parés, José Carlos Bouso, Magí Farré, Fernando Caudevilla, Igor Domsac, Diego de las Casas, Ignacio Seral, Joaquim Tarinas, Davín y Helena Alicart, reunidos por primera vez y en exclusiva para componer la singular sinfonía polifónica que se despliega en estas páginas. Cada creador ha incorporado lo mejor de su registro para hacer de esta obra una pieza única en su género, destinada a deleitar las más refinadas sensibilidades.


El editor de la obra, José Carlos Bouso, es Psicólogo Clínico y doctor en Farmacología. Ha realizado ensayos clínicos terapéuticos con MDMA y ha desarrollado investigación con sustancias psicoactivas publicando los resultados en revistas de prestigio internacional como PLOS ONE y Journal of Psychopharmacology, entre otras. Es autor del libro Qué son las drogas de síntesis (RBA) y ha sido director de la colección Psiconáutica en la editorial Amargord. Actualmente desarrolla su actividad profesional en el Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques de Barcelona (IMIM) y en la Fundación ICEERS (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research & Service).

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February 28, 2013 7:19 AM
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Songbirds’ brains coordinate singing with intricate timing

Songbirds’ brains coordinate singing with intricate timing | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it
As a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make the next sounds while others are synchronized with the current notes—a coordination of physical actions and brain activity that is needed to produce complex movements.
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February 27, 2013 4:43 AM
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$3500 for Written Autopsy on my son, Kyle Nolan, Who Died under suspicious circumstances in Perú.

$3500 for Written Autopsy on my son, Kyle Nolan, Who Died under suspicious circumstances in Perú. | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

This is my second Fundly campaign for my 18 year old son, Kyle Josef Nolan, who died at the Shimbre Center near Puerto Maldonado, Peru, in late August.  The first campaign was to bring my son's body home, Lima to San Francisco.  That was accomplished, thanks to the support I have gotten here.  The medical examiner/forensic pathologist, Dr. Kelly Arthur-Kenny, has completed an autopsy on Kyle's body, but won't release official written results until she is paid $3500, which I assume is common practice.There might be more expenses related to toxicology tests on blood/tissue samples I'm networking to get from the Peru criminal investigation into my son's death, and I may have to do another campaign after this one.  One step at a time, my goal is $3500 for what is presently owed and needed.Thank you all so much.Sean Nolan

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February 25, 2013 9:12 AM
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The participation of Wajapi women from the State of Amapa (Brazil) in the traditional use of medicinal plants -- a case study

The purpose of this study was to analyze the importance of traditional medicinal plants use to Wajãpi women in the State of Amapá, Brazil, as well as their practices in the local common illnesses of treatment considering the prevailing practice by non-Indians.

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February 25, 2013 7:37 AM
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Are You A Guru Junkie?

Are You A Guru Junkie? | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it
True teachers show us that it is possible to wake up and be free, but ultimately the truth is already within each of us and can never be given by another.
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February 25, 2013 7:32 AM
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Delhi Declaration on Traditional Medicine for the South-East Asian Countries

The two-day International Conference on Traditional Medicine for South-East Asian Countries concluded with Adoption of Delhi Declaration In New Delhi today. 

The Delhi Declaration is as follows:

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In india

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February 25, 2013 7:28 AM
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allAfrica.com: Uganda: Fake Traditional Healers Threatening African Medicine (Page 2 of 2)

allAfrica.com: Uganda: Fake Traditional Healers Threatening African Medicine (Page 2 of 2) | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

"Most Ugandans will resort to traditional medical practitioners for their health problems because of its cost effectiveness and local availability," Dr Karim Musaasizi, NACOTHA's general secretary, says.

Traditional healing is linked to wider belief systems and remains integral to the lives of most Ugandans. People consult traditional healers whether or not they can afford Western medical services

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traditional medicine in Uganda

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February 24, 2013 1:08 PM
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Is Evidence-Based Medicine Only an Illusion?

In a system where half of all clinical trials are never made public, doctors are merely imagining that we're practicing evidence-based medicine, says Ben Goldacre, MBBS, one of the most vocal critic
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via stephen beyer

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February 24, 2013 12:57 PM
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Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects.


Weston Andrew Valleau Price (September 6, 1870 – January 23, 1948) was a dentist known primarily for his theories on the relationship between nutrition, dental health, and physical health. He founded the research institute of the National Dental Association, which later became the research section of the American Dental Association, and served as its chair from 1914–1928.

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A fascinating and deeply strange book, well worth a look

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February 24, 2013 11:45 AM
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Recollections, reflections, and revelations: ethnobiologists and their "First Time" in the field

"Every few months the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine will begin to offer editorials drafted by several international ethnobiologists, who report their first-hand recollections of their earliest field experiences. These, we believe, are uniquely capable of rendering interpersonal interactions comprehensible and meaningful in vastly innovative, sometimes subtle, and often unexpected ways for students who are new to the field especially, and for intermediate and seasoned scholars with vested interests in the well-being of the communities they study."

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an exciting prospect!

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February 17, 2013 5:03 PM
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Ayahuasca at Home: An American Experience – MensJournal.com

Ayahuasca at Home: An American Experience – MensJournal.com | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

"in the U.S. on any given weekend, dozens of ceremonies take place across the country. "Drinkers" span a wide social spectrum, from pop stars and film directors – Sting, Tori Amos, and Oliver Stone are known to use it – who fly in their own shamans for lavish monthly ceremonies in West Hollywood, to the 20-something waitresses and teachers I sat with recently in a small Brooklyn yoga studio."

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percolating to the mainstream

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February 16, 2013 5:02 PM
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When I See This Tree I See God by pia volk

When I See This Tree I See God by pia volk | Ayahuasca News | Scoop.it

Biggest baobab tree in the world, more than 3000 years old

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February 15, 2013 6:26 AM
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Uwishin: Canto ConCiencia - 6 min. Documentary trailer

Trailer for documentary in progress, about native traditions & medicines of the Shuar people.
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New documentary in th emaking about shuar shaman Hilario Chiriap

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