The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo [Hardcover]

Howard G. Charing (Author), Peter Cloudsley (Author), Pablo Amaringo (Author)

Book Description

Release date: May 12, 2011

A new collection of never-before-published paintings by renowned artist Pablo Amaringo

• With written contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen

• Contains 47 color plates of Amaringo’s latest works, with detailed narratives of the rich Amazonian mythology underlying each painting

• Shares Amaringo’s personal stories behind the artistic visions

Recognized as one of the world’s great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca experience--where snakes, jaguars, subterranean beings, celestial palaces, aliens, and spacecraft all converge--Amaringo’s art presents a doorway to the transcendent worlds of ayahuasca intended for contemplation, meditation, and inspiration.

Illustrating the evolution of his intricate and colorful art, this book contains 47 full-color reproductions of Amaringo’s latest works with detailed explorations of the rich Amazonian mythology underlying each painting. Through their longstanding relationship with Amaringo, coauthors Charing and Cloudsley are able to share the personal stories behind his visions and experiences with Amazonian people and folklore, capturing Amaringo’s powerful ecological and spiritual message through his art and words. With contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen, this book brings the ayahuasca experience to life as we travel on Amaringo’s visionary brush and palette.

Editorial Reviews

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“The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo is a big, beautiful book, filled with gorgeous reproductions of the visionary art of curandero (Ayahuasca healer) and artist Pablo Amaringo. . . For those who have never experienced Ayahuasca, this book provides a deep and powerful look into its visionary realm. For those who have, it offers an expansion and validation of the truth of their own journeys.” (Robert Simmons, MetaGuide Magazines, September 2011)

“. . . the magic of this book for me was the large beautifully printed full page paintings, which take up the main part of the book, each accompanied by Pablo’s own commentary, guiding us around the symbolism and the story of each image. Reading these commentaries is a rich fest of folklore and sacred learning and I was transported into the whole sensory presence of the rainforest seeing it, hearing it, smelling it, through this remarkable man’s experiences and his vibrant paintings!” (Faith Nolton, Sacred Hoop Magazine, September 2011)

“Many of the stories behind the visionary art hit deep feelings of truth that could never be put into words without the art to guide you. Living in a three dimensional world creates a bias that’s difficult to escape without the help of hallucinogenics, and to sit and read and look at the many beautiful pieces of art brought me right back to those hidden dimensions that typically lie just beyond our everyday perception.” (Rahasya Poe, Lotus Guide, November 2012)

“. . . extraordinarily colorful . . .” (Book News, Inc., August 2011)

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SPIRITUALITY / ART

Recognized as one of the world’s great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca experience--where snakes, jaguars, subterranean beings, celestial palaces, aliens, and spacecraft all converge--Amaringo’s art presents a doorway to the transcendent worlds of ayahuasca intended for contemplation, meditation, and inspiration.

Illustrating the evolution of his intricate and colorful art, this book contains 48 full-color reproductions of Amaringo’s latest works with detailed explorations of the rich Amazonian mythology underlying each painting. Through their longstanding relationship with Amaringo, coauthors Charing and Cloudsley are able to share the personal stories behind his visions and experiences with Amazonian people and folklore, capturing Amaringo’s powerful ecological and spiritual message through his art and words. With contributions by Graham Hancock, Jeremy Narby, Robert Venosa, Dennis McKenna, Stephan Beyer, and Jan Kounen, this book brings the ayahuasca experience to life as we travel on Amaringo’s visionary brush and palette.

PABLO AMARINGO (1938-2009) trained as a curandero in the Amazon, healing himself and others from the age of ten, but retired in 1977 to become a full-time painter and art teacher at his Usko-Ayar school in Pucullpa, Peru. The author of Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, his art has been displayed throughout the world. HOWARD G. CHARING is a director of the Eagle’s Wing Centre for Contemporary Shamanism in London and the coauthor of Plant Spirit Shamanism. PETER CLOUDSLEY is a musicologist, writer, and the founder of the Amazon Retreat Centre in Peru.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Inner Traditions; First Edition edition (May 12, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594773459
• ISBN-13: 978-1594773457
• Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 11 x 14.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since the 1990's I have organised journeys to the Amazon Rainforest and the Andes to work with the shamans and the curanderos 'jungle doctors' (healing and visionary plants) of this area. I have written numerous articles, many with original source interviews about the Amazonian plant medicines, and have worked with some of the most respected shamans in the region.


I am co-author of 'Plant Spirit Shamanism', published by Destiny Books (USA) 2006.

The new book co-authored with Peter Cloudsley and Pablo Amaringo; 'The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo' published by Inner Traditions.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book February 8, 2013

By Happy Feet

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Haven't read it all yet, but it's a great resource and piece of art for those interested in shamanism and ayahuasca.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars great January 30, 2013

By Lorenadomi

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

nice image resolution. deep explanations of each vision. If you are interested in what ayahuasca offers, you must read this

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars More than a Beautiful Art Book September 11, 2011

By Sitaramaya Sita

Format:Hardcover

This comprehensive book is so much more than a beautiful art book, which it most certainly is. The art is beautifully reproduced and accompanied by the most comprehensive information out there about the Mestizo Indigenous Cosmology and Images of the Upper Amazon. While I could go on, the better choice is to get this book and immerse yourself - it is well worth it. The bounty of the years that went in to the research and interviews provides enough material to keep me busy reading for a good long while and to make this a true reference guide.

In addition to the overall outstanding quality and detailed content of the book, the art pieces themselves are stunning, provocative, meditative, and capture the true teaching and spirit of the late great Don Pablo Amaringo. As a dear friend of his in life, I can truly say that he would be honored and immensely pleased at how this book turned out.

For anyone interested in Amazonian, Folk or Visionary Art, shamanism, ayahuasca, curanderismo, vegetalismo and Peruvian culture, this book is a must!