PABLO AMARINGO
Pablo Amaringo was born in 1943 in Puerto Libertad, in the Peruvian Amazon region. He was ten years old when he first took ayahuasca--a visionary brew used in shamanism, made from the plants Banisteriopsis caapi (yagé) and Psychotria viridis (chacruna). A severe heart illness--and the magical treatment of this via ayahuasca--led Pablo toward the life of a shaman, and he eventually became a powerful curandero--learning the icaros, or healing songs that the ayahuasca brew taught him.
In 1977, Pablo abandoned his vocation as a shaman, and he is now a painter and art instructor at his Usko-Ayar school, where there is no charge for the students to learn painting from Pablo. The school is dependant on donations, which can be made directly to Pablo via the address below. Paints, brushes, and other art supplies, as well as money, can be sent via mail. Please clearly mark such donations as "gifts" so that no tax will have to be paid.
Pablo has painted and described numerous ayahuasca visions, some of which have appeared in his book Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman. He is currently working on paintings of angels for a forthcoming book, as well as paintings that document the flora and fauna of Peru.
Click here to see 12 of Pablo's ayahuasca vision paintings. Some of the original art depicted at this site may be available for purchase. Those interested should contact Pablo directly by e-mail:
pabloamaringo@yahoo.com.mx
by phone:
(011) 5161-573088
or write to:
Pablo Amaringo
J.R. Sanchez Cerro 465-467
Puculpa
PERU
If writing about the art at this web site, please include a print-out from the web page of those specific pieces that you are interested in finding out purchase information for.
Other pieces of Pablo's art are available for viewing (with a couple remaining for purchase) at http://www.egallery.com/artists/?id=34
Additional paintings are for sale via a United States representative. Please see http://guariadeosa.com/photos/pamaringo/paintingsforsale/
Pablo also occasionally speaks about his life as a shaman and artist, and provides art instruction, at seminars and conferences.
Pablo will be speaking at the BOOM Festival, held August 11-18, 2008 in Portugal. For more information, click here.
Events where Pablo has appeared or will appear include the Mind States conference in California, the Guaria de Osa Centre in Costa Rica, and the Ayahuasca Healing Retreat in Brazil. Click the links for more information on future appearances by Pablo.
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