The spiritual heritage of the Andes

The ofrenda

An ofrenda “is the most important ceremony used by the Indians of the Andes to connect with Mother Earth. The ofrenda is a symbol of reciprocity with nature and its aim is to teach us to replicate this attitude. Through it, we talk back to nature, tells us understand the message and concord.

The ofrenda, which is also known in Spanish as a “payment” is not A “payment” to the nature that we saw Conquistadores, involving a sinister pact with nature spirits. In addition, they accused the Indians of being stingy, as they prefer to pay rather than symbolically with real money!

An ofrenda is an expression of gratitude, no debt or obligation. Nor is it selfish to want things for ourselves that some people still see today. It is true that urban populations in Peru began to ofrendas for reasons such as want their companies to grow, but bargains can also mean good health, and harmony of the community and the natural world .

In an Andean community realities are closer to the earth than in the city, it is more important than cattle do not die rather than dispose of private property. Hence in the country, there is a better understanding of the meaning of the shamanistic ceremony, the restoration of the relationship to nature. That is why we need a little preparation so that ofrenda can work for us too.

Pachacuti

We live in a time of the completion of an ancient prophecy Inca. This is a time for the new Pachacuti, a big change bringing with it a new relative to the Earth (Pachamama). Pachacuti Each era is a time of about 500 years. The last occurred Pachacuti with the Conquest in the early 16th century, and Q’ero (Inca) priests have since been waiting for the next time that the order would begin to emerge from chaos. The current Pachacuti refers to the end of time as we understand it, the end or the death of a way of thinking and a way of being. A new relationship with the earthly life, and an appearance in a golden age of peace. There are many indications that changes in human consciousness are underway, but there is still a long way to go. The traditional ways we can inform and show how we can restore the sanctity of life and the Earth, we can also participate more fully in the new Pachacuti.

Retirement program - Andean and Amazonian shamanism
8 to March 14 inclusive. — San Pedro, Coca, and spiritual traditions of the Andes.
15 to March 29 inclusive. — Retirement of the Amazon, Ayahuasca, and Plant Spirit drugs.
Retirement Program 1. 8 to March 14 inclusive.

As a prologue to the Amazon voluntary retirement this week broadens our work with shamanic tradition of the Andes. Working with Shaman Maestro San Pedro Juan Navarro, and the coca leaf traditional healer and diviner Doris Rivera Lenz. This is an opportunity to experience the rich and powerful spiritual legacy of the Andean civilization that is only now being properly recognized, after 500 years of darkness