Brad, if you persuade Ed to take this direction and if you decide to go with him and return as a totally new person, I will pay your ticket. It works. I have done it!!! If there is anyone in the world whom Ed trusts it is you. We can discuss this in person of over the phone. I should tell you that Ed does not know I am contacting you. There is a reason for me to do that. If you are one of those Americans who believe that treatment (not cure) should be in the exclusive realm of drugs, please discard this article and that will be the end of it.
Hope you are enjoying the rest of your summe(r).
Ayahuasca, shamanism, and curanderismo in the Andes
Steve Mizrachhttp://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/yage.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ayahuasca
I was asked to write something about Nanny for the Memorial Service. Immediate thought was Henry Miller - "No more elegies..." - what he meant, in my humble opinion, was that it must be a celebration of life and not a fixation of death - because thoughts remind us of our own mortality. I'll say this about Nanny - I always had a wonderful time around the holidays - those times together made me a Steelers fan and Pirates fan. Nanny made sure that I didn't horse-around on the coach.
Part of the reason is I was up half the night hyperventilating about presents
Nanny brought us together and the way - I granted Nanny's wishes (when I saw her last fall - she said - when I was on the road, first to Greenville, then Cabot, then Natrona Heights, to "stop fooling around and get back to your mother" - and I did Mom.
It was unfortnate I had to miss the funeral because I had planned a trip to Peru and I felt as though I could maybe catch a flight back or take the Paoli to Pittsburgh train - but the timetable didn't allow it.
Her crassness perhaps stemmed from the love she felt she deserved. I remember her truning to me when we had a BBQ with Steve's mother and brother say "wouldn't you?" directing her gaze to Chris and Jess, "...come in and see your Grandmother when you just get here?"
'Now we're in for it,' i thought.
I never heard Nanny raise her voice except in a "clarifying manner." She was well read and may I remind you an Ivy Leaguer and I always aspired to graduate from a good school because of that.
But the reason I did this vindication I'll call it a tribute, a celebration, is because I missed her - and she always has a divine image in my mind - saint-like I must admit. Overarchingly, she had a will to "live" that most people dare not believe. She's a survivor, a bringer together of people. And also lets follow further Henry Miller's statement to keep Jesus in your heart, keep Buddha in your heart (follow the will of your own consciousness), keep Nanny in your heart. There she shall live eternally. Amen.
@ Panama Velocitat(d)
Altitude - 36,999 939 km/hr
Tiempo
distance traveled 1856 miles
Wind 35 mph
outside 48 degrees Celcius
Wish List Christmas
1. Earings for Ada/ & Nancy
2. Tiene edition de Don Quixote de la Mancha de Saavedra
3. Futbol
Sandals (smell-proof)
(In Iquitos perhaps at a bookseller - in Spanish - perhaps in Quechuan
I had beautiful visions of the changing forms of existence in Iquitos.
Begin "Hard Road" w/ emphasis on (ar) German sounding Title and work from there
incorporate 1 Maps, art, define "artist" or "writer" or explorer
WAS RIMBAUD IN SEARCH OF YAGE IN AFRICA - A GOOD RESEARCH TOPIC & A QUESTION POSED BECAUSE HE IS SENDING TEAS AND COFFEES TO HIS MOTHER FROM ABYSSINIA - HAD HE BEEN IN SEARCH OF SOME MEDICINA? (HIS BELOVED CLAY PIPE) CITE HENRY MILLER'S RIMBAUD BOOK
HEY JOHNNY DEPP SMOKES TOBACCO LIKE A SHAMAN!
VISIONS ARE ART - WHAT CAN BE IMAGINED SITTING IN AN IQUITOS HOSTEL CAN BE PAINTED
LIST TO DO:
1. TRANSCRIBE LETTERS TO THE HOSTEL PROPRIETORS IN SPANISH (THANKING THEM) AND SEND A COPY OF MATHILDA TO THE YOUNG GIRL THERE (EN ENGLES)
2. GIVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DON AGUSTINE'S CAMP & HAHA HUMMINGBIRDS FLYING IN THE AREA
3. SEE IF PAINT (OIL PAINTS STILL WORK) - THEY SHOULD -OIL LASTS FOR MANY YEARS - ASK DON AGUSTIN IF HE HAS WATERCOLORS)
4. BARRING ANY OBSTACLE FOLLOWING TRIP - INVOLVING MAKING MONEY TO PAY BACK ED AND ED - TRAVEL INVOLVING - SOUTHERN REACHES OF SOUTH AMERICA
[ SHAKESPEARE AND DON QUIXOTE DIE IN THE SAME YEAR (& CAN BE SPOKEN OF IN THE SAME BREATH]
5. HELP PROMOTE DON AGUSTINE'S BLUE MORPHO
6. SOCCER BALL / EDITION DE DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA DE SAAVEDRA
Dec. 5, 2009
-IN AN HOUR I'LL TAKE AYAUASCA, SACRED VINE OF THE INCAS, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF DON AGUSTIN, SHAMAN OF THE VILLAGE OF YUSHINTITA, PERU, WHERE THE AMAZON RIVER RUNS OVER PLANK BOARDS IN ONE GREAT {SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON-LIKE} PALM FROND SHELTER (2500 OR SO SPECIES PLANTED ON DON AGUSTIN'S WIFE'S PROPERTY
WE JUST GOT DONE PLAYING FUTBOL, ED, LOUIS, & i LOST TO THREE VILLAGERS (TWO OF WHICH ARE AYAYUASCEROS, APPRENTICES TO DON AGUSTINE), SCORE 9-6 - OF COURSE, I PLAYED WITHOUT GLASSES & JUST TO PROVE A POINT I SHOT A BALL FROM APPROXIMATELY 25 YARDS AWAY & MADE AN UPPER-90 SHOT OFF THE SIDE POST & IN. I'M TOLD THE PERUVIANS HAVE GREAT SOCCER PLAYERS BUT A POOR ORGANIZATION WE SPENT DINNER TAKING MEDICINES MEDICINAS & ONE OF THE VILLAGERS BROUGHT OVER A BUNCH OF FISH THAT HE HAD CAUGHT WITH MY FLY ROD {IN A BUCKET - STOCKING POHOQUALINE STYLE} - DON AGUSTINE SAYS THAT THE WATER LOOKS LIKE WHISKEY BECAUSE OF ALL THE SALT IN THE RIVER.
WE'RE DRINKING TEA (THAT IS, ED AND I) OUT OF PITCHERS - & I HAVE FINISHED ABOUT 2 GALLONS OF TEA (GINGER TEA TO CLEAN OUT YOUR PROSTATE)
DURING DINNER DON AGUSTINE TOLD STORIES ABOUT TOURISTS - MOST OF THEM FATALITIES OR HEALING STORIES HE ALSO DISPELLED APOCRYPHAL INFORMATION ABOUT POISONS IN THE RAINFOREST (I NEGLECTED TO BRING UP GOTU KOLA) BUT HE NODDED AFTER I TOLD HIM ABOUT TAKING KAVA PEPPER). FOR SPIDER BITES HE RECOMMENDED SQUASHING THE SPIDER AND PASTING IT ACROSS THE MARK.
I WAS JUST INTERRUPTED BY THE VILLAGERS CATCHING A BIG FISH - WHICH LOOPED THE GREEN LINE AROUND THE PLASTIC COVERING - THE OUTER PART I REMOVED (AFTER SOME PROBLEMS FIGURING OUT HOW TO OPEN IT & TOLD THEM {LOUIS TRANSLATING OF COURSE} WE WOULD EXPLORE THE RIVER FURTHER TOMORROW & UNTIL THEN, USE IT ALL DAY & THEY LAUGHED
I VOMITED UNCONTROLLABLY LAST NIGHT AFTER 2 HOURS OF CATATONIC SHOCK & I CRIED OUT TO GOD AND DON AGUSTINE TO SAVE ME - AFTER PURGING MYSELF - I FELT BETTER & DON AGUSTIN & HIS WIFE HOVERED AROUND ME AFTER I VOMITED - I CLUTCHED MY BEADS AND CALLED OUT TO GOD TO SAVE ME. WHEN DON AGUSTIN WAS HOVERING OVER ME I THOUGHT I SAW HIS FACE CHANGE SHAPE INTO AN INCA LIKE FACE - & HE WAS MASSAGING & HEALING ME. NOT "EYES" LIKE MOST PEOPLE PAINT - BUT A FACE LIKE EDMUNDO MORALES' - PLAIN (I PRAYED TO BE HEALED).
THE WORKERS (I USE WORKERS AND VILLAGERS AND AYAUASCEROS INTERCHANGEABLY BECAUSE THEY ALL WORKED AT DON AGUSTIN'S CAMP) SAID THEY SAW A VISION THAT I WOULD WIN THE SOCCER GAME TODAY - I JUST HOPE NOT TO OVERHEAT
FERNANDO (A VISITING DOCTOR) WHO WAS SITTING NEXT TO ME - VOMITED THE MOST
LOIS - VOMITED FIRST & SAID HE WAS FLOATING AWAY IN A SPACESHIP I'M APPREHENSIVE ABOUT (AHH) THE NEXT SESSION BUT I'M CONFIDENT I CAN DO WELL.
I WAS AFRAID OF DYING DURING THE CEREMONY BUT - THE STRENGTH OF THE AYAHUASCA - KIND OF FORCED ME TO VOMIT EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO FIGHT IT.
DUNNO WHETHER I'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR - BUT DON AGUSTIN SAYS ED WILL BE BACK WITH A WOMAN.
IF I DON'T COME BACK I'LL BE SURE TO SEND MANY GIFTS TO THE VILLAGE/CAMP
2:44 P.M. THURSDAY 12/10/09
I'VE TAKEN MY SECOND AYAHUASCA TRIP (TWO DAYS AGO & FELT VERY HEALTHY & REFRESHED THE NEXT MORNING - OR PERHAPS IT WAS THE DAY OF - BUT I'VE SINCE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH (0) RRHEA - SPERMATORRHEA - WHAT HAVE YOU.
PABLO MARINGA
DON AGUSTINE SAYS THAT HE'S HAD (0) RRHEA BEFORE AND HAS BEEN CURED SO I'M NOT WORRRIED & I'VE HAD IT SINCE 2007 SO WHAT'S A LITTLE (UN POQUITO) LONGER
I'VE SMOKED PROBABLY 75 CIGARS (HAND ROLLED CIGARS W/ TOBACCO THAT COMES THROUGH - IT'S ONLY WHEN I SMOKE REGULAR FILTERED CIGARETTES THAT I GET A WRETCHED COUGH. I'VE GONE ON FISHING TRIPS WITH LOUIS, HUHI (PRONOUNCED HOO-HEE) DUNNO HOW TO SPELL HIS LAST NAME (& WE PLAY SOCCER EVERY DAY)
I CRIED IN THE WOODS YESTERDAY ON THE WAY TO VIEHO'S CAMP - A MILE INTO THE JUNGLE
*****STUDY LATITUDE & LONGITUDE ******
FOLKLORICO - DRUMS AND DANCING
I'VE PROBABLY LOST SOME WEIGHT ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH BECAUSE OF THE DIET
I JUST HAD A HUGE SHOT OF ANTIBIOTICS INTO MY RIGHT BUTTOCK & HAVE THREE PILLS (ORAL - FOR DIGESTION) DON AGUSTIN SAID A SPIRIT SPOKE TO HIM (OR KEPT HIM UP, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH) & TOLD HIM ABOUT THE HOSPITAL TRIP I HAVE CUTS & BRUSH BURNS AND BLISTERS FROM PLAYING SOCCER TOO MUCH - & THEY INSIST INCESSANTLY (HEE HEE) THAT I PLAY EVERY AFTERNOON.
I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY I'M CONNECTING WITH EVERYONE HERE AT CAMP AND PLAN TO BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR.
I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF MY PARENTS MUCH (EXCEPT WITH DISTASTE & MAYBE DON AGUSTIN CAN HELP ME WITH THAT). I'LL BE TAKING JUST A QUARTER GLASS OF AYAHUASCA (SAME AMOUNT AS DON AGUSTINE). THE LAST CEREMONY WAS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL DIAMOND (DIAMENTE I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED) DIAMENTE AYAHUASCA, AYAHUASCA DIAMENTE
A GROUP OF TWO CAME FROM CHILE WITH VIEHO YESTERDAY & HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, IS A MASTER PYRAMID ARCHITECT, SKETCHING A WHOLE CAMP DESIGN RIGHT OUTSIDE THE STEPS OF HIS CAMP & HE COMFORTED ME WHEN I STARTED CRYING ABOUT MY DOG (& MOST CERTAINLY HAVE UNRESOLVED FEELINGS ABOUT IT) WE'RE ABOUT TO GO PLAY
DON AGUSTIN/ STAYING IN OXFORD, TOOK A PLANE TO LONDON & AFTER AN AYAHUASCA CEREMONY, HER (QUEEN ELIZABETH II) FOOT HEALED & PRESENTED HIM WITH HER GOLD WALKING STICK WITH EBONY STAFF - WHICH IS NOW IN A MUSEUM IN PUCALPA - AMAZING UNBELIEVABLE STORY - AND HE SUGGESTED A TRIP - ALTHOUGH TRYING TO READ HIS EYES I GUESSED THAT DON AGUSTINE - WHO CAN READ PEOPLE'S MINDS TELEPATHICALLY I GATHER, WILL NOT SEE ME BACK HERE NEXT YEAR & PERHAPS i WILL SUGGEST VIEHO'S CAMP FOR JAKE & ASHLEY
1) FIREFLY BAIT? OOH ICE-FISHING * ICE FISHING
2) SEND CONSERVATION EQUIPMENT & PHOTOGRAPHY TO VIEHO AND TAX INFO TO DON AGUSTIN
VIEHO - BUILDING AND CONSERVATION IDEAS
MUSIC AND MOVIE STORE W/ LOIS
HONEY
MAGNESIUM & ASPIRIN W/ SUGAR & LEMON JUICE
KAVA & APPLE SEED EXTRACT
SIKURA - MENTHOLYPTUS
RIFA - EVERYDAY 300 MG
ANTIBIOTICA ON THURSDAY
EVERY THURSDAY @ BREAKFAST AFTER MEAL & FOLLOWED BY BREAD TO ABSORB IT
GINGER - LIPS/MOUTH
APPLE SEED EXTRACT FOR SLEEP
MAIZE JUICE - PURPLE DRINK
MARKET - HISPANIC & PERUVIAN MARKET IN PITTSBURGH
BURNING SAGE - CLEANSES ROOM
FISH SOUP
BOIL CARROTS/BEETS BEFORE PEELING OVER FIRE STOVE - WHAT'S AVAILABLE
FASHION BED SIMILAR TO DON AGUSTIN/RIMBAUDS WITH WHITE SHEET COVER
WRITE MEMORIAL FOR NANNY
ADD TO
HOW TO PREPARE CHOCOLATE & SOY BEANS (DRY IN SUN FOR 8 HRS)
AN INSIDE GARDEN
CHICKENS, CATS, NO DOGS FOR THE MOST PLENTIFUL GARDEN
FRESH SOY?
FARMER'S MARKET
LETTERS:
1. DON AGUSTIN
2. DR. JAVIER
3. LOIS
4. VIEHO PHOTOMONTAGE
5. JESSE
12 DAYS - VITAMINS & IRON
14 DAYS - ANTIBIOTICS
FIND OUT ABOUT RED PILL USED ONCE A WEEK
HARMONICA - HOW TO MAKE DIFFERENT HARMONICAS (D, E?)
LEARN SPANISH - COPY OF DON QUIXOTE IN SPANISH.
COSTANZA DE POLINAC
BANISTERIA CAAPI + MEDICINAL HERB (TOBACCO JUICE & HONEY)
1ST SESSION AYAHUASCA (REALLY BITTER)
2ND SESSION AYAHUASCA (DIAMOND AYAHUASCA HONEY ADDED) & TOBACCO SNIFFED
3RD (1/4 GLASS - HARDLY WORTH REMEMBERING)
4TH (TOBACCO JUICE FOR SURE WAS ADDED)
1ST: 2 FULL 3 OZ. GLASSES
2ND: 1 FULL 3 OZ. GLASS
3RD: 1/4 OF 3 OZ. GLASS
4TH: 1 GLASS + 2/3 TO 3/4 OF A GLASS
6 OZ. + 3 OZ + .75 OZ + 1 OZ + .71 =~ 12 OZ.
MY FUTURE BECAME CLEAR AS A MEANS OF DOING WITHOUT MAKING PLANS TO MAKE A LIVING / I FAILED TO ESCAPE THE EXPECTATIONS OF MY FAMILY
IT'S BECOMING CLEAR THAT I AM INCLINED TO TEACHING (CHILDREN) - FORGET THE PURITANICAL NATURE IMPOSED ON ME BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MAYBE RESEARCHING HELP FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PATIENTS - VOLUNTEERING
TEACHING - PERHAPS NOT AT A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL - BUT THERE MUST BE A DEBATE FINDING SOLUTIONS - SMILING, DANCING, LOVE, FOOD
DESIGN A FRAME - BED SIMILAR TO MOSQUITO NET BEDS IN YUSHINTITA (SP.?) BUT SLEEPING ROOM IS KITCHEN ALL IN ONE W/ REFRIG. NEX TO STOVE
AYAHUASCA DIET
FISH SOUP BREAKFAST W/ RICE, PAPAYA - LIKE FRUIT - WITH THOSE TAB SEEDS - COULD BE USED AT EVERY MEAL
MANGO & PINEAPPLE DRINK COULD BE USED AT EVERY MEAL
ONE PLATE @ LUNCH W/ RICARDO AND CAROLINA - PASTA, THICK NOODLES, BEEF STEAK W/ FAT - PARMESAN CHEESE
THE LESSON THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM CAMP YUSHINTITA IS THAT IF YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF A MEDICINAL PLANT YOU CAN BE PROSPEROUS - BUT YOU MUST ALSO BE A SAAVY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSPERSON, A TRADER, A GAMBLER (WITH GOODWILL, NEVER FOR PROFIT), AN EDUCATOR, A GIVER, A WANDERER, A LOVER, A BORDER AND A TENANT, A DIGNITARY, A STORYTELLER THAT PAUSES BETWEEN POINTS AND THE AUDIENCE SITS IN RAPT ATTENTION - PROSPEROUS YOU'RE CONTENT
BUT YOU ALSO MUST EXERT AN INFLUENCE ON YOUR FELLOW MAN
DON AGUSTINE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF THE MASTER-APPRENTICE RELATIONSHIP BREAKING DOWN IN SOCIETY
(VIEHO CAN LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONSERVATION WITH A COLLAGE OF PHOTOS) - PERHAPS WE CAN PASS ON (MY DAD AND I) SOME OF HIS IDEAS
TO HELP HIM WITH EROSION AND SILT POLLUTION PROBLEMS WITH ELECTROFISHING POSSIBLY - PIRAHNA PROOF HEE HEE) BOOTS
CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTROFISHING THE AMAZON &
PHOTOGRAPH THE NIGHT SKY TO POST IT ON THE CEILING WHEN INSIDE
Sitting in on Prof. Morales' course; recall
Emphasis on words
Liked that he used notecards - he had an almost trance -like appearance - eyes-closed, half lids perhaps, but he spoke in an unconscious manner
liked that at the 3/4 point he asked if there was questions
"erotic dance" - breast navel, sip from bowl, all sexual references, aroused the class & said with impunity
"how are you doing with the reading" - in going through things in a book
-relate two/three stories
-"don't want to get too heavily into this subject or else I'll never finish"
chacra chacara - 'plot of land'
pukullay - 'play'
India - female (play with)
Indio - male
Aya - corpse
"names" at the end of class
"to tie all this together" is a good phrase
Ecuador Zve (?) - President of Family
35% of family killed by mudslides
after piece of 3rd largest mountain
collapses Cusco, Peru
cite - videos
soles, sight of children's face - mother seeing 300 soles - never seen so much money in your life.
midterms annced at start of class
yawns - remarked with displeasure
*note - yawns are an energizing breath - if you are commenting about reenergizing breath - don't be gay about it "from Mars"
Overall, I was stimulated by Professor Morales' lecture on erotic dances, Quechua culture - sex taboos - sexual expression. Because of the female dynamic in the classroom he made good use of the blackboard, his movement side to side, back to front, was good, his getting down to a personal level with students was good. He singled out an older student in class {Recall "recession jobs"} 'maybe you'll (the student) 'll appreciate this. You don't have the advantage of personal experience - I know people who are 40/50 years old take up teaching.' An emphasis on getting the students (older that is) involved - "You looked puzzled, do you have a question?" - and the student did on _____ naturalia & ______ illegitima.
Burps into his notecard - no watter - advantage or disadvantage?
-there are movements, gesticulations in me that are not to be misinterpreted (ie scratching head for raising hand
"Are those pesticides imported?"
A way must be found to establish fact/truth into class
"sending out your curriculum vitae" to schools - ultimately what you are doing - selling yourself
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