Plant Spirit Shaman with Howard G. Charing

Introduction
Workshop & Course Programme 2008



“We are not talking about passive agents of transformation, we are talking about an intelligence, a consciousness, an alive and other mind, a spirit… Nature is alive and is talking to us. This is not a metaphor”
Terrance McKenna

The magical partnership between shaman and teacher plant (or ally) is one known to all cultures where plants are used as ‘medicine’ - a term which implies a wide range of methods for working with nature for empowerment, divination, reconnecting with the Earth, receiving guidance, visions and information from the spiritual universe, as well as what we in the West might regard as ‘healing’ (e.g. the simple ingestion of a plant or herb with ‘scientifically-proven’ medicinal qualities).

Plant Spirit Shaman

Involves a series of workshops - from introductory weekends to Amazon Retreat programmes - where the participant forms a bond and a working partnership with their plant allies to learn the secrets of plant spirit medicine and the gifts of nature.

Based on the forthcoming book, ‘Plant Spirit Shamanism’ available in 2006 published by Inner Traditions, we work with plants and techniques from Europe, and the Amazon, including ayahuasca, the legendary vine of souls.

Two programmes are offered:





• Plant Spirit Shaman: Communion with our Plant Allies - An extended weekend programme involving an initiation into plant spirit medicine. (Feb 21st -25th and Oct 16th - 20th)

• Amazonian Medicine Retreat: An opportunity to journey to Peru, where we work with plant maestros, ayahuasca and san pedro shamans in an authentic medicine experience.

Workshop programme facilitators

This series of explorations into Plant Spirit Medicine is led by Howard G. Charing, with Charmaine Ferris, and Peter Prudden



Howard is a director of the Eagle’s Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanism, founded by Leo Rutherford, which is now celebrating its 21st anniversary. For the past nine years he has organised journeys to the Amazon Rainforest to work with the ayahuasca shamans and the sacred ‘jungle doctors’ (healing and visionary plants) of this area. Howard has written numerous articles about the Amazonian plant medicines, and has worked with some of the most respected shamans in the region. He was baptised by the Shipibo Indians in the Amazon and ritually initiated into the lineage of the maestros of the Rio Napa community. For more information about Howard and his work, read Plant Spirit Shamanism published by Destiny Books (USA).



Please contact Jaki Windmill if you have any enquires.


Jaki Windmill. Tel 01273 603683

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