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The virtues of the plants of the Amazon - 1999

In this excerpt of a report dedicated to "Green Gold", we understand why the plants of the tropical forest are coveted by the pharmaceutical multinationals. In an indigenous village of the Amazon, Segundo Pastor, a healer, treats a patient with the help of medicinal plants. Javier Zavala, shaman apprentice talks about his initiation and the virtues of the plants of the forest. In Peru, on the edge between the jungle and the city of Tarapoto, the Takiwasi Center welcomes drug addicts who want to rehabilitate themselves.

Author : Pascal Stelletta - France 2

Audio : French

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Use of ayahuasca by Dr. Jacques Mabit - 1999

French reportage on the management and use of Ayahuasca and other medicinal plants by Dr. Jacques Mabit at the Takiwasi Center.

Author : Iris Rios Varga

Audio : French

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The Toé intake - November 1998

The Awajún healer master Don Walter Cuñachi during his stay in Takiwasi has taught us new and important practices of traditional Amazonian medicine. Among them are purgahuasca, ginger and toé. In this video, we can see Don Walter Cuñachi together with his wife Doña Isabel taking care of a patient with a treatment based on toé, plant that has the property of healing injuries and cracks, among other physical problems.

Author : Jaime Torres

Audio : Spanish

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Purgahuasca, preparation and intake - November 1998

The ceremony "Datem umaja imutai waimaktasa" or purgahuasca, in Spanish, is one of the therapeutic procedures of the Awajún culture that since November 1998 ha been included as a practice within the therapeutic protocol of the Takiwasi Center, thanks to the teachings provided by the Awajún master healer Don Walter Cuñachi. Purgahuasca is a little concentrated ayahuasca preparation that is taken as in a purging session. In the Awajún tradition the purgahuasca session was a practice of initiation, so that through this means 14 years old boys could discover their vocation and know which path to follow in their adult lives. Read the article: Contribution of the Awajún culture to the drug addiction treatment

Author : Jaime Torres

Audio : Spanish

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The Lord of Ayahuasca - Don Solón Tello - May 1998

Solón Tello Lozano was born in Nauta on November 16, 1918. Ayahuasquero master who for more than 60 years dedicated himself to this practice. His first teacher was Daniel Soplin. Don Solón traveled by river to the interior of the Amazon to undertake learning “dietas” that lasted 8 to 10 days every two years. He was one of the main promoters of Amazonian Traditional Medicine in Peru between 1980 and 2000. He could call the attention of people for the humble and effective practice in the healing work he carried out in the city of Iquitos. His well-known and good medical practice led him to be summoned several times by the Takiwasi Center to serve ayahuasca and other plants. He had the patience to teach his medicine with his leisurely pace, transmitting his ikaros and those taught to him by his teachers. He passed away in 2010 at 92 years of age.

Author : Jaime Torres

Audio : Spanish

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Takiwasi - To be born again - 1994

Television reportage that presents the pilot project of the Takiwasi Center for the rehabilitation of drug addicts through traditional Amazon medicine.

Author : Ricardo Astorga

Audio : Spanish

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The initiation diet of Don Guillermo - 1988

Reportage of the year 1988 in which Dr. Jacques Mabit presents Don Guillermo, a traditional healer of the town of Chazuta, who takes him to the jungle to experience an initiatory diet in isolation.

Author : Jacques Mabit

Audio : Spanish

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