You owe it to yourself, just once, to visit the spectacular presence and power that is Peru. It is for you, who might never travel on your own, that we have created this journey to the most powerful and beautiful places of Peru. We will stay in hotels that are not so corporate that there is no touch with the people and land, and not so third-world as to be uncomfortable. A fine balance is achieved by knowing the people, the places and the culture so that we enjoy the richness of the exploration of our intent.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu. Ollantaytambo. Cusco. Sachsayhuaman. The names of these sacred sites of megalithic construction resound through our minds like memories of places we should know. Returning to these holy temples awakens our connection with the mysteries forgotten, the knowledge thought to be lost. A week spent traveling the Andes Mountains, spending time with the people of the villages, participating in authentic ceremonies with the Shamans who continue the magic of these ancient sites of power. This is why we come to Peru...
Ayahuasca Panther Artist: Jenny Ramirez
Deep into the Amazon we will journey. One day overland, another by boat down the Madre de Dios River to the village of the Matsequenka tribal peoples who have invited us to share in the powerful ceremonial drinking of the brew known as the Vine of the Soul: Ayahuasca. During the course of the week spent in the jungle we will have the opportunity of partaking in this most sacred rite three times. During the daytimes we will be guided on hikes through the village and surrounding territory. A naturalist's wonderland, flora and fauna abound resplendent in glory and beauty of form and color.
'shä-mən. From Evenki (Tungusic language of Siberia) šamān, derived from the Sumerian ‘sham-an’, Eagle of Heaven
1) sham - from the Sumerian ‘shem’ or ‘sham’ meaning ‘eagle’ or ‘vehicle of flight’
2) an - from the Sumerian, ‘heaven’ or ‘celestial’
A Shaman is:
1) The Eagle of Heaven 2) One who flies as the Eagle into the Celestial Domains 3) One who is capable of spiritual flight
Ayahuasca Visions
November 2005. Once again I found myself in the Amazon Jungle, having traversed land, air and river to arrive in the midst of a paradisiacal world of flowers and birds indistinguishable in color, river water the color of a latte’ and the clothes of the Shipibo Indians embroidered and painted with the visionary patterns of the sacred vine of the Soul, Ayahuasca.
Jade Wah’oo Grigori brings forth authentic Shamanic Ways on behalf of his community, the community of All Peoples.
He underwent his first Shamanic Initiation, that of Death-by-Intent, in 1956 at 5 years of age. Of Mongolian ancestry, Jade Wah’oo Grigori received direct initiations and training from his Ancestral Spirits who guided and instructed him in the rigorous endeavors of journeying into the spirit-realms, ways of healing and accessing Knowledge.
In 1974 Jade met and was adopted as Grandson by Juan Peña, an Old-Man Shaman (Téwa-Ké or Bear Shaman) of one of the Tewan Pueblos of the Upper Rio Grande. Jade’s Grampa Peña apprenticed him for the next 8 years.
With his Grampa Peña’s death in 1982, at the age of 104, the Caretakership of ‘the Ways’ passed to Jade Wah’oo.
