A rare interview with the great visionary artist Pablo Amaringo, at his home in Pucallpa. This interview by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley was first published in Sacred Hoop magazine.
Interview with Pablo Amaringo by Howard G Charing and Peter Cloudsley
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Shamanism & Visionary Art 
[…] Furthermore the shamans worked with the inner dynamics of the non-ordinary world. This included dreams, visions, healings and “miracles”, divination, spiritual journeys and battles as standard. The relationship between the ordinary and the non-ordinary seems to have been continuous if not seamless; this psychic holism counts for a lot on any index of wellbeing. “A shaman has in his mind and heart the attitude of conserving nature becuase he knows that life is for enjoying the company of this worlds countless delights.” (Pablo Amaringo, interviewed by Howard G. Channing) […]
Excellant story, Howard.
I have quoted Pablo in my blog here: http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2008/01/27/the-shamanic-shadow-in-the-3rd-millennium/