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Llactapata Documentary Will Break New Ground

no@spam.com (John David Balla) — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:44:37 CDT

New videos highlight progress to date of the making of the documentary of Llactapata, a ruin discovered/rediscovered in 2003 by Ziegler-Thomson expedition. Since then, very little has been done to clear the 80 buildings identified. In fact, only one has been reconstructed... The Sun Temple.
The first video shows the actual footage of the 2003 rediscovery. From there, the subsequent investigations and footage look at Llactapata and its many mysteries from a mystical/spiritual/metaphysical perspective.

An Evening with San Pedro

no@spam.com (John David Balla) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:56:43 CDT

Never seen before footage and an insight look into the enchanted world of psychotropic ritual and magic as performed by San Pedro shamans Edward and Otorongo, in Pisac, Peru, August 2-3, 2008.

Less known than its Amazonian counterpart, Ayahuasca, San Pedro (named after St. Peter, who is said to hold the keys to heaven) has been celebrated and ritualized for its medicinal and spiritual properties for over 3,000 years in he high Andes of Peru and Ecuador.

Now, with the blessings of San Pedro shamans Otorongo and Edwardo, who performed the all night ceremony, what a San Pedro ceremony is, how it is conducted, as well as an investigation into the truths and myths are examined.

The Continuing Saga of Clark Cunningham and Joe the Condor

no@spam.com (John David Balla) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:36:13 CDT

don Ignacio pilots a narrow path smothered in snarling vegetation with the help of a lantern and a machete. Shadows from the lantern warp the surroundings into a vibrant milieu, made more ominous by his violent whacks at the encumbrances and constant nocturnal chatter. Clark Cunningham is in The Amazon, following a Sorcerer whom he had just met the day before.