Ayahuasca Shaman – Artidoro Aro Cardenas
An interview with Ayahuasca Shaman – Artidoro Aro Cardenas, by Peter Cloudsley & Howard G Charing (2003)
This article has been revised to include plant classification names. An extract from this interview appeared in the book Plant Spirit Shamanism (Destiny Books USA).
Photos of Artidoro are in the photo set ‘Shamans of Peru’ on Flickr at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hgcharing/sets/72157604598978083/
Shamanism & Visionary Art 
I have had the incredible pleasure of meeting Artidoro and of having a ceremony with him. If I did not meet Artidoro at the specific time that I did I doubt I would be here to tell the story. He healed me of illness and changed my life absolutely, and in ways that continue to unfold. We are brother and sister now. He is a genuine medium of healing light and only in my wildest imaginings would I believe that I could meet a soul such as his – and yet I did…. they do exist on this earth – Bravo Artidoro.