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An account of an Peruvian Shaman
     The Life Story of Don Agustin Rivas Vasquez, an Ayuahuasquero, a Shaman skilled it the use of ayahuasca, a visionary and healing plant medicine. Told in his own words, Amazon Magic describes incidents from his childhood in a small jungle village along the Amazon, and his early and present day experiences with the medicine plant.
     The book recounts his days being lost in the jungle when he lived with an Indian tribe; his adventures with river dolphins, jaguars, and boas. Describing the training and discipline that he underwent to become the shaman and healer that he is today.
     The book also provides a fascinating look into the cultural life of the Peruvian Amazon as seen through the eyes of someone who is an integral part of this life, and provides a rare insight into the forces that helped shape the life of a profound healer who is now highly regarded in many parts of the world.

Colibri Publishing
Taos, New Mexico
ISBN 0-9674255-0-6
Size: 6" by 9"
1999
SKU: WPW-JB-001

The story of the Hopi Prophecy
     John Kimmey has spent 30 years among the indigenous people of the southwestern United States. Most notably among the Hopi Tribe in Arizona and the Pueblo of Taos in New Mexico. Through the guidance of Hopi elder, Grandfather David Monongye, leader of Hotevilla Village and recognized Hopi Prophet, John studied the Hopi way. As clan keeper of the Hopi Prophecy, before David passed on, he asked John to make the Hopi Story available to those who were interested.
     As the millennium draws to a close another already emerges. What we feel happening to each of us is simultaneously happening to us all. This book offers some profound teaching from ancient ancestors. The teachings are perfectly designed to assist us in these crucial times.

Sacred Media
Eugene, Oregon
ISPN 0-9674053-0-0
Size: 5.50" by 8.50"
1999
SKU: WPW-JK-001