This is an excerpt from a book I had been working on in 2005, many years before my recent experiences in Mexico and Peru. I think what I write here conforms very well with my later writings, however the information below was revealed to me through extensive daily work with Salvia Divinorum. What you see below is just a very short excerpt from a much longer work or several hundred pages. The pure Awareness, which each human being fundamentally is, is also accompanied at all times by various energies, positive and negative. It is helpful to think of these energies... read more

The following instructions are for self-healing through fasting and prayer.  The fasting can be done for as short as half a day and as long as 40 days, although longer fasts are not recommended without supervision.  A 3-7 day fast is generally safe for people with no serious health conditions.  Consult your doctor if in doubt.  The spiritual element of this article is largely based on the Mexico method (read also my article about Demonic Entities and their Removal) with slight modifications. For at least one day before the fast, longer if possible, do not eat any meat, fish or... read more

Below are the first 4 pages of the book covering Andrew’s travels and apprenticeship in Peru and Mexico.  Those wishing to read the entire book should send a donation of minimum $10 and the complete e-book will be sent to them.  The book contains over 200 pages of relevant information. I arrived in Iquitos a month prior to Alan Shoemaker’s annual Shamanism conference, at which I was scheduled to speak and display paintings. I was planning to stay in Peru for nearly 7 months. My objective was to find a teacher and learn the mysteries of Amazonian shamanism. I had... read more

One day, I was invited to lead a healing workshop, where I would talk about Peru and perform some healings. The group I had to see was about 25 people large, and I did my best to sing icaros to each one of them. This really stretched my imagination, since I thought that I only knew about six icaros altogether. Faced with the necessity, however, I found myself remembering songs I didn’t even know I knew. At times, words and melodies would just come and I would act merely as a channel for some greater force. The results of this... read more

I understood a little bit about Javier’s method of teaching through diet. The first important point is that Javier speaks with the spirits in order to decide what tree or plant the student will drink. This seemingly simple step actually makes a vast difference in the entire process. If a student simply diets a plant, it’s like coming to a teacher’s house and saying “I’m here, teach me”. Naturally, the teacher may say “Go away, come back later” or maybe even “I’m not going to teach you. You are not ready to receive what I have to offer.” If the... read more

Here is a message I just received from one of Javier’s students working with him at the Temple in Peru. Hi Andrew, Jim is making some genuine progress. About a week ago, Javier put a new roof on the maloca. You may recall the old one leaked in a number of places. It had reached the end of it´s life. The new roof is much more attractive… partly because it´s not all patched up like the old one but also to lower than the old roof. I really never liked to look of the old roof as it was simply... read more

I came across a topic on channeling and spirit languages on the ayahuasca forums, and it seemed like a really fascinating topic to post something about.  These are several of my experiences having to do with mediumship, spirit languages and speaking in tongues. 1) I worked with Javier DaSilva and observed him channel maybe 50 to 100 times, and also saw one of his students channel a few times…  I was very skeptical throughout, but it does seem to be quite real… Several times he spoke in weird languages, but perhaps more surprising was singing in different languages, with different... read more

I was on the Ayahuasca forums today and saw that some people were asking about visions of the future.   I thought that I should also post on that topic here on the website. Some people see visions of the future, and there are also fortune tellers you can go to and learn things.  You can see visions of possible futures, but there is no future as such, only possible futures.  If you see something you like, then do the things that will facilitate that happening, and if you see something you don’t like, you can do things differently. You can... read more

El Refugio: A Christian Healing and Retreat Center in Oaxaca, Mexico A friend told me about El Refugio while I was traveling around Mexico. I was quite prejudiced against Christian based centers, but decided to give it a try. My friend told me quite impressive stories of healing, and I wanted to see for myself how healing worked in the Christian context. Overview El Refugio is a low profile Christian based healing center located in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. There are two ways to get there – from the city of Oaxaca or from the beach town of Pochutla.... read more

We have just added a new section under “Media”, with about 10 hours of audio speaking about the spiritual gifts often seen in Shamanism from a Christian perspective.  The full series is 22 mp3 files, and we will add the rest if there is enough interest in this material. We have also added confirmed retreat dates for July, August and September. With regard to Javier’s Toronto trip, it will only be possible with your help: we need help finding a venue, advertising the event and so forth.  PeruHealing is a VERY small team and the work involved in putting together... read more