Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman

by Pablo Amaringo, Luis Luna

The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.

Genres: Spirituality, Art, Drugs, Religion, Anthropology, Psychology, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful. It feels very good that this book is written by a native Peruvian for a change. Thanks for this fantastic book.

[Johannes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alex Grey may have captured the visual side of the psychedelic experience with greater realism, but the pictures and stories of Pablo Amaringo give a much better idea of what it's really like to be there.

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an incredible collection of Pablo Amaringo's paintings accompanied by text from Luis Eduardo Luna. Luna's texts might seem to be too much of "decoding" Amaringo's imagery, but these are paintings that cannot be demystified. How deliberate and literal the imagery is only enhances their mystery and power. Amaringo's style is his own. He wasn't trained. The uninitiated might think he is "naive". He is a marvelous colorist. His compositions are panoramic but never reaching. He is practical and his decisionmaking shows in every stroke. He is a master. It shows even in the earlier work from this collection.

[Zack · Rating 5 out of 5]

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