“What is a Dieta?” is an article published online in 2008 by Morgan Brent and is being shared here because of its long-lasting imprint on me personally. I find it to be a very eloquent description of the healing process that occurs during dieta (when dietas are undertaken well and effectively), as well as an […]
“Plantas con madre”: Plants that teach and guide in the shamanic initiation process in the East-Central Peruvian Amazon
What follows below are relevant excerpts from one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted (to the best of my knowledge) on the shamanic practice of “la dieta,” for the purpose of healing, learning, and apprenticeship on the path towards becoming a curandero, or healer, under the indigenous vegetalista tradition of the Amazon Rainforest. The […]