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> [forwarded message] > > Dear friends of Psychoactivity, of Kajuyali Tsamani and of the Serious > Drinking community, > > We decided to extend our Early Bird Discount for the two Nepal Seminars > *The Tiger Meets The Jaguar* one more month until *31 March 2009*. We > still need participants! Join us at the end of this year in one of the > most beautiful spots in Nepal, the four star Dhulikhel Mountain Resort > with a stunning view on the highest mountains of the world! > > Up to 31 March 2009 you pay ââ?s¬ 1500. From 1 April 2009 on the price > will be ââ?s¬ 1800. We prefer you to pay the whole sum up front. If it > is however impossible to pay everything in one time, but you are sure you > want to join us in this amazing adventure, you may pay a part of the sum. > If you pay an advance fee of ââ?s¬ 500 before 31 March 2009 you will be > registered as an Early Bird and save ââ?s¬ 300. > > Psychoactivity will organize two Seminars in Nepal in the last days of > November and December. The first Seminar will be from 29 November 2009 to > 5 December 2009. The second Seminar will be from 8 December 2009 to 14 > December 2009. In these two Seminars Psychoactivity will bring together > two distinct shamanic cultures. Both Nepal and Colombia still have living > shamanic traditions. The Nepalese Tiger, represented by Maile Lama, > Parvati Rai, Danashin Tamang and Dawa Sing, will meet with the Colombian > Jaguar represented by Kajuyali Tsamani and his son Komeyi Jitoma. > > We received some questions about the amount of ceremonies. > > In the two one-week Seminars there will be at least five ceremonies per > week. One of these ceremonies will be conducted by Kajuyali Tsamani with > the traditional medicine from the Amazone. As of yet it is uncertain > whether Kajuyali will also offer other medicines in other rituals. > Kajuyali is initiated by Shamans from different ethnic groups in Colombia > with different medicines. Check the Psychoactivity web site for more > background information on this. > > The other ceremonies will be conducted by the four Nepalese Shamans, two > of which are female and two male. All our six Shamans are quite thrilled > about the idea of participating in each other's rituals. For sure there > will be some surprises we as organizers are not aware of now. Shamanism is > by definition full of surprises! Danashin Tamang, one of the Nepalese > Shamans said for example, after hearing of the South American medicines: > "We have strong medicine too!" Since the Nepalese Shamans will participate > in Kajuyali's rituals, and vice versa, all registrants will share in these > surprises... > > > Kajuyali Tsamani is a Mamu, an initiated Shaman from the Kogi people of > the Sierra Nevada in Northern Colombia. He is the first and only Mamu who > is not a Kogi by birth. The Kogi were the very first native people from > the South American continent the Spanish Conquistadores encountered. > Instead of being conquered by the Spanish invaders like so many other > indigenous cultures, the Kogi retreated to the mountainous jungles of the > Sierra Nevada and closed off all roads and bridges. For five hundred years > they continued to live according to their own rules, governed by their > Shamans. They consider themselves Elder Brothers who have to keep the > world in balance. "Those from across the big water" are in the Kogi world > view the Younger Brothers, people from European descend. From the middle > 1980's on the Mamu's noticed they couldn't keep the balance anymore. It > all had to do with the Younger Brother. They sent one of their Shamans > down to tell the world about it. The BBC made a docu! > mentary about it, entitled From the Heart of the World, the Elder > Brother's Warning. > > The Kogi were once famous for their Shamanic goldwork. Since gold is > considered to be the blood of Mother Earth, only sacred objects were made > from it. The Conquistadores were obsessed by gold, and most of it was > robbed. Some of it stayed in Colombia. The Gold Museum in BogotÃf¡ is > full of these ritual golden objects from the ancestors of the Kogi. To > support the Kogi and give a sign we as Younger Brothers aknowledge their > efforts, friends of Kajuyali have started to collect gold in Europe and > North America to give back to the Kogi. Please take a look at > http://www.kogi-gold.com for more details. Until now we have collected > more then 850 grams of pure gold, and gave it back to the most senior Mamu > alive, Mamu Bernardo, who featured in the BBC documentary and who is right > now 98 years old. > > What struck the Psychoactivity Team last december when talking with our > dear friend and partner Mohan Rai, founder and director of the Shamanic > Studies and Research Centre in Kathmandu, was the almost identical view > Nepalese Shamans have on the future as the Kogi. Mohan Rai said literally: > " Mother Earth is getting very very sick now. We should pray to the Mother > Earth. We are so stupid, we have to heal ourselves." > Compare this to what the Kogi Mamu's say about Mother Earth's health: "The > Mother is suffering. They have broken her teeth and taken out her eyes and > ears. She vomits, she has diarrhoea, she is ill." > > The Healing of Mother Earth is a common purpose for our Shamans, and the > focus point for our Seminars. > > Please take a look at our website http://www.psychoactivity.org/ and don't > hesitate to register. Do us a favor, and send this letter to interested > friends. > > We hope to meet you In the Dhulikhel Mountain Resort in Nepal in November > and December! > > Claudia MÃf¼ller-Ebeling > Hans van den Hurk > Arno Adelaars > > The Psychoactivity Team > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > Please note these rituals are in no way associated with Maya > Ethnobotanicals. We are simply providing the mailing list to allow others > to announce their upcoming activities. > > > Best regards, > > Maya Ethnobotanicals > http://www.maya-ethnobotanicals.com > > > > You have received this message because you are subscribed to the Maya > Ethnobotanicals Announcement list and have ordered Ayahuasca from us in > the past. > If you do not wish to receive any more emails from Maya Ethnobotanicals > you can unsubscribe at this page: > http://www.maya-ethnobotanicals.com/user_view.phtml (You are required to > log in first) > > Your subscription and login emailaddress is at the bottom of this email. > > If you don`t remember your password you can retrieve it here: > http://www.maya-ethnobotanicals.com/user_login_forgotten.phtml > >
