#ayahuasca cusco

[daniellekurin]

Juanita Reconstruction Illustrates Importance of Bioarcheology

A November 2023 CNN article said scientists have reconstructed a teenage Incan girl who lived 500 years ago. Discovered in 1995 in ice, the girl had been sacrificed and buried near the dormant volcano at the Ampato summit in Peru. This discovery illustrates the wonder of bioarchaeology, which contributed to bringing the century-old story to life.

Bioarchaeology is a branch of archaeology that studies bones and biological materials found around human remains. Scientists can use the bones to gather information about how people lived.

Bioarchaeology has played a critical role in reconstructing histories, including that of the Incas, who lived in Peru and Chile for more than 300 years. Their known history began in around 1,200 and ended in 1533, but historians cite the defeat of the Chanca in 1438 as the onset of the rise of the Incan Empire. The Incas went on to organize institutions and build an extensive network of roads connecting towns and villages.

The Incan culture included sacrificial ceremonies to appease the gods and protect the community from natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. The Incas sacrificed young women and children because of their purity and beauty.

Researchers believe that Juanita died as a sacrifice because of her ceremonial clothing. The teen's burial site also contained ceramic objects, gold and silver female figures, woven bags, pottery, and llama bones. The ceramic objects featured geometric shapes, which researchers believe may have been a part of the Incan communication system.

In 2018, 23 years after the discovery of Juanitain the Peruvian mountains, Dr. Dagmara Socha, a bioarcheologist at the Center for Andean Studies at the University of Warsaw in Cusco, Peru, began investigating Juanita and other remains and objects found at the Ampato, Pichu Pichu, and Misti volcanoes. They discovered that children and women chewed coca leaves and drank ayahuasca during the weeks leading up to their sacrifice. This finding suggests that the hallucinogenic and psychotropic drugs lessened their anxiety before the sacrifice, a fact consistent with Juanita’s ingestion of alcohol and coca before her sacrifice.

Further, after analyzing Juanita’s hair samples, researchers learned that she may have come from an elite family since her diet included meat. Juanita was between 13 and 15 when she died after being struck on the head, according to CT scans.

In March 2022, Swedish artist Oscar Nilsson used CT scans of Juanita to build a 3D model of her skull, which guided in reconstructing her face and body. The artist drew his reconstruction from tomography scans and information on her age and complexion. He relied on tissue depth markers based on skull measurements to understand her facial proportions. The reconstruction of Juanita took 400 hours, and her face alone took six months. Nilsson was methodical in his reconstruction, relying on forensic techniques to make the teen appear realistic. This reconstruction puts a face to the history of the teen and her people, which may not have been possible without bioarchaeology. Researchers and scientists have given Juanita the nicknames "Ice Maiden," since she was discovered in ice, and “the Lady of Ampato.”

[ramonssalas]

Lima, Peru is considered the culinary capital of South America. Our mouths and bellies certainly got what we came for in this foodie's paradise. 🇵🇪🍽️😋 Ate a rat for the second time - "Cuy" (Guinea pig) is considered a Peruvian delicacy🐀✅ Enjoyed a delicious 5-course wine pairing lunch at Chef Virgilio Martinez's Central Restaurant, featured in Chef's Table on Netflix 🐟🍷🐠 ✅ Ate my favorite Peruvian dish on the trip, Lomo saltado with Peru's national soda "Inca Kola" at Ayahuasca Lima 🫑🐄🥩🍋✅ Tried alpaca in Aguas Calientes 🦙✅ Ate Peru's famous street food before getting a tattoo 🍖✅ Had the best chicken noodle soup at Cusco's San Pedro Market 🐓🍜🥔✅ Alpaca and egg burger after our long hike out of Aguas Calientes 🥚🦙🥾⛰️ ✅ Tasted various Peruvian fruits, vegetables, coffee and learned to make Peruvian ceviche and Peru's signature cocktail, Pisco Sour during our walking food tour through Miraflores and Barranco, Lima 🍇🌽🍉🍌☕️🍹✅ #peru #perufood #lima #cusco #aguascalientes #southamerica #culinarycapital #cuy #guineapug #centralrestaurante #lomosaltado #incakola #ayahuascalima #peruvianstreetfood #sanpedrocusco #chickennoodlesoup #foodtourlima #foodtour #cevicheperuano #ceviche #piscosour #maizperuano #maiz #foodie #perutravel 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪 (at Peru, South America) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn86XjHuCcy3qyGpokVdoNN3I5PpQxqcUSGGLo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Join An Ayahuasca Therapy Center And Get The Ultimate Spiritual And Medicinal Experience

Ayahuasca is a brew that is used by many indigenous groups of the Amazon to attain spiritual visions or hallucinations. It is considered one of the most profound sacred medicines that walk hand in hand with the plant medicine called chacruna. This brew allows for a spiritual and medicinal experience, which has been used for centuries. In fact, there is evidence that suggests that Ayahuasca has been used for over 100 years by the indigenous tribes of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia.

Taking Ayahuasca therapy center into account, it is a healing and spiritual retreat located in the heart of Peru near Cusco. It has been providing healing services since 2004 to people all across the world. The property sits at a 5,000-foot elevation with expansive views of Machu Picchu and is surrounded by the Sacred Valley. This sanctuary offers guests personalized service while they are on their spiritual journey.

 Nestled in a small Peruvian village at the foothills of the Andes Mountains, this healing center helps people all across the globe that are looking for an Ayahuasca experience. The Ayahuasca retreat offers guests personalized service while they are on their spiritual journey. The ayahuasca center is located in the Sacred Valley, an area that is rich in tradition and history, where spirituality and ancient medicine have been practiced for hundreds of years.

 Ayahausca therapy centers open their doors to individuals who seek to explore the other side of life and discover themselves within. Guests are provided with luxury accommodations and a homey environment, as they embark on their journey into the unknown. The ayahuasca retreat offers guests personalized service, as well as educational workshops that further explore the medicinal properties of hallucinogenic plants such as ayahuasca and chacruna.

  So if you are looking for an Ayahuasca therapy center in Ontario, Canada, then you would like to join an Ayahuasca Ontario Canada center and get a comprehensive spiritual and medicinal experience all the way to the end. Scout online for a reputable Ayahuasca Ontario Canada, join it and get the desired experience.

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The Ayahuasca Sacred Valley We see that healing experiences can happen anywhere, through spiritual journeys and treks, ayahuasca retreat, or ancient ceremonies. If you hike to Andes with our professional tour guide, we will show you the owe for mountains at Andes, and enjoy the yummy super food with campfire recipes cooked by locals.

[ramonssalas]

Lima, Peru is considered the culinary capital of South America. Our mouths and bellies certainly got what we came for in this foodie's paradise. 🇵🇪🍽️😋 Ate a rat for the second time - "Cuy" (Guinea pig) is considered a Peruvian delicacy🐀✅ Enjoyed a delicious 5-course wine pairing lunch at Chef Virgilio Martinez's Central Restaurant, featured in Chef's Table on Netflix 🐟🍷🐠 ✅ Ate my favorite Peruvian dish on the trip, Lomo saltado with Peru's national soda "Inca Kola" at Ayahuasca Lima 🫑🐄🥩🍋✅ Tried alpaca in Aguas Calientes 🦙✅ Ate Peru's famous street food before getting a tattoo 🍖✅ Had the best chicken noodle soup at Cusco's San Pedro Market 🐓🍜🥔✅ Alpaca and egg burger after our long hike out of Aguas Calientes 🥚🦙🥾⛰️ ✅ Tasted various Peruvian fruits, vegetables, coffee and learned to make Peruvian ceviche and Peru's signature cocktail, Pisco Sour during our walking food tour through Miraflores and Barranco, Lima 🍇🌽🍉🍌☕️🍹✅ #peru #perufood #lima #cusco #aguascalientes #southamerica #culinarycapital #cuy #guineapug #centralrestaurante #lomosaltado #incakola #ayahuascalima #peruvianstreetfood #sanpedrocusco #chickennoodlesoup #foodtourlima #foodtour #cevicheperuano #ceviche #piscosour #maizperuano #maiz #foodie #perutravel 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪 (at Peru, South America) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn86XjHuCcy3qyGpokVdoNN3I5PpQxqcUSGGLo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mylifeisinfected]

Ancestral - Digital Ilustration This is one of the arts I made for Ancestral Tattoo - Tattoo Shop (Cusco).

Brujos in full hallucinogen after drinking San Pedro / Ayahuasca. 

[travelandhealing-blog]

Shamanic Healing Peru

Want to explore the experience the ancient wisdom with local community but you can only stay in Cusco for a short time? Our Shamanic Healing Peru in a Day plans are designed for you. Visit our page and book today. For more details: https://www.travelandhealing.com/

[geometrytrip]

The mandala I painted on the wall over at @bodyofprana Gold on red was a good idea 👌🏻 . . #mandala #mandalas #mural #bodyofprana #gold #ayahuasca #hexagram #painting #retreatsperu #ayahealing#healinghouse #peru #pisac #cusco #sacredvalley #vallesagrado (at Pisac, Cusco, Peru)

[perushamans-blog]

Philosophically in the ancient civilizations like Maya, Inca and in recent religions like Buddhism etc. the human beings are seen to be a sufferer. They suffers from inner crisis, pains and unhappiness with their lives. Misery about their beings are found common in many ancient literature

[readmelikeaqueue]

Not sure someone’s done this so here are some lyric excerpts from the songs Kennedy associated with Ace x Nancy this season. And, yeah. Cry with me?

Ambrosia, Rosie Tucker

You got money stress so I pick up the check / I check my balance as I lean to one side

And I am older every second / Than I've ever been / Right now, and now, and now / I want you more with every second / Than I ever did

Ducking out a cool rain, listening to Coltrane / I grew up the place where she died / Payin' my respects while awaiting your texts / I think I love you in all possible lives

But the end is closer every second /Than it's ever been / Right now, and now, and now / I want you more with every second / Than I ever did / Right now, and now, and now

Ambrosia's turning me honest / Sweet as they come but / I'm not the one that they miss / A vision covered in cool whip / Nothin' is simple just 'cause you wish that it is, oh

You and I, Jess Ray

I think that I’m on the edge of something good / Funny how I could just turn and run from it / Maybe I am too afraid, maybe I don’t want to change / Because we have a special way, and I don’t wanna lose it

How many roads we’ve walked, and mountains we’ve climbed How many mornings I’ve waked by your side

How many times we’ve laughed and tears we’ve cried Nobody knows but you and I, nobody knows but you and I

Yesterday, things were as they’ve always been / And just like that everything is different

There’s an aching in my heart, is this really what I want? Because I love the way we are, and I don’t wanna lose it

Maybe out past all the stress and shifting sand

There’s a life that is better than the one we’re leaving Come on darlin' don’t you think that what we have is miles deep / It didn't come easily and we’re not gonna lose it

Cusco, Allie Crow Buckley

I heard you went down to the jungle near Cusco, Peru / That you tripped on ayahuasca, that your lover left you / What that shaman didn't know was I'd be yours in time

I've been whispering to you through the ether / Listening to your cry / Cause it's always been you and me / And I've waited patiently

To call you baby / To call you baby / Call you baby / Call you baby

I've been inhaling second-hand smoke in a city far from yours / I've been loving a man with a freckle /Under his lip and Carl Jung up on his wall / What he didn't know was / I'd be yours in time

You've been whispering to me through the ether / Letting me know you're mine / Cause it's always been you and me

And I've waited patiently / To call you baby / You're my baby / You're my baby

It's always been you and me, my baby / It's always been you and me, my baby / My baby

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[newlifeayahuasca]

Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️☀️☀️ Here we are standing in front of the Temple of the Sun at Ollantaytambo about 2 hours outside of Cusco, Peru. It's an ancient site built by the Incas, who worshipped the God Inti, which translates to sun in the native Quechua language. The Summer Solstice is a peak. We started a cycle at the Winter Solstice. We were inward, reflective, dreaming, and planning. The Spring Equinox came, introduced movement, enticed us outside, opened us, and motivated action. Now we’ve arrived at the pinnacle, the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. We are closest to the sun, literally bathed in it. We have the opportunity to absorb the fierce, energizing, renewing, and fulfilling energy. What will you do with all this energy? Renew, nourish, fill up, embrace abundance, grow. Light your fire. We've got a new blog post with suggestions on how to take advantage of today's energy, to harnesses it and keep it with you. We've got our fire burning, hope you will join us!! Link in bio. #summer #solstice #summersolstice #retreat #ayahuasca #ollantaytambo #newlifeayahuasca #newlife #sun #sunworship #rituals #energy #plantmedicine #heal #learn #grow (at Ollantaytambo - Cuzco) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQYw0MABOgF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[travelandhealing-blog]

The best advice we can give for a visit to San Pedro Peru Market is to take your time, wander slowly and marvel at the heart of Cusco where goods from the Peruvian coast, jungle and Andes are exchanged every day. Book Now. For more details: https://www.travelandhealing.com/

[geometrytrip]

Had so much fun painting this mural for the amazing people over at @bodyofprana , a therapy healing house here in Pisac. The wall was kinda fucked up and bumpy making it hard to pull clean lines but I’m real happy with how it turned out. . . #mandala #mandalas #mural #bodyofprana #gold #ayahuasca #hexagram #painting #retreatsperu #ayahealing#healinghouse #peru #pisac #cusco #sacredvalley #vallesagrado (at Pisac, Cusco, Peru)

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[OC] this was my morning view for three days during the ayahuasca retreat. (Peru, Cusco) [3024x2931] http://bit.ly/2H1rCkY

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Day 14: Cusco - In Which I Ride Through A Desert (National Park) On a Horse With No Name (It Was Called Treacle)

We were up earlyish again, today, for the second of our booked excursions in Cusco. This day, however, we had eschewed the ATVs  to instead ride around a lovely big national park on horseback, like the rough and ready cowboys that we (I) definitely are (am).

We hauled ourselves out of lovely warm bed and into horrible cold flat and, after a frankly joyless breakfast of children's cereal, which, by this point, I am utterly sick to my back teeth of, bade a temporary goodbye to our apartment and all its resident ants and headed to our horsey pickup point: San Blas temple.

After a few (twenty) minutes wait, our driver, Marciel appeared from nowhere, like a little Peruvian goblin and ushered us into his car. He spoke no English, though insisted on speaking to us at length, anyway, so lots of smiling, nodding and saying “si” and just hoping ensued.

Marciel drove us up through the outskirts of town and, annoyingly, alongside the Saqsaywaman ruins, where he stopped, insisted we get out and take pictures from an infuriatingly better angle than we had enjoyed a couple of days ago, thereby making the incredibly gruelling uphill walk now entirely pointless on every conceivable level. Don't tell Sam, though, even though she knows and was also there.

After around twenty five minutes total drive time, we pulled up alongside the actual, for real ranch, with horses and men in hats and everything, and were quickly greeted by our incredibly lovely guide, whose name, unforgivably, I have totally forgotten- I'll call him Ruben, because I think it was probably something like that – and Robert, another punter, also from Britain, whom you could tell just by looking at, was definitely in Peru to do Ayahuasca, but was fairly nice, regardless.

After a brief bit of small-talk, which I hated, we were assigned our horses. I had, from nearly the exact moment of booking this particular tour, some month and a half prior, been insisting that my horse would be called Treacle, because for some reason, it seemed to annoy Sam and I found that incredibly funny. In actuality, my horse's name was Caramel, which I'm sure you'll agree is startlingly close to my original guess and indeed definitely close enough for me to continue referring to it as Treacle, throughout this post, which I will.

After only a single incredibly ungainly failed attempt to get on top of Treacle, before finally cracking it (meaning I managed to get into the saddle- I didn't punch the horse) I was up and on horseback and officially a cowboy. Yee haw. Neat. Wowzer.

I had never ridden a horse before this point, never really having had the cause, interest or availability to, but despite feeling constantly for the first half hour or so like I was definitely going to slip off my saddle to the side and be trampled under Treacle's magnificent, pounding hooves, it wasn't all that bad, at all. It was a bit like driving a living car, I suppose - one which could arbitrarily decide to go mental and kill you at any point. I concede that does actually sound quite bad, now I read it back, but it really wasn't.

After a while, I found my bearings and settled into clopping around like I was in a very, very slow version of Red Dead Redemption. No sooner had I begun imagining myself as a cowboy, clad in a poncho, shooting all the natives to bits with a very big gun, however, than we stopped, demounted and went for a bit of a wander around the nearby Temple of The Moon.

Neat.

The temple, despite not getting to go inside it – site of delicate historical significance my arse – was incredibly neat. It was created by the Incas, as a sort of partner to the nearby Temple of the Sun, only this one was used to worship...yeah, the Moon. Exactly. You're really good at this. Apparently, though, due to the Spaniards being undeniable bastards and smashing up, murdering or building over everything Incan they could find, some savvy natives decided to cover the entire temple in soil to hide it. I have no idea how they might have accomplished this, or if indeed it is even true, but Not-Rubem says it was, and honestly? I trust him more than you. What this meant, however, was that for many years, up until even the last six or so, a lot of the temple had remained undiscovered by modern eyes and indeed, was still, in part, in the process of being excavated. It also had a hole in its ceiling, where the moonlight would shine through during clear nights, illuminating an alter, where they performed ritual sacrifices and if that ain't the most HP Lovecraft shit, I ever heard.

Our brief, though interesting interlude now completed, I hopped back onto Treacle (first try) and we continued our sojourn. Now quite enjoying myself, even when Treacle arbitrarily broke out into a gallop for a while, terrifying me ever so slightly, we climbed up through the valley along winding paths and eventually reached a genuinely very impressive viewpoint. I'd describe it as breathtaking, but at that altitude, everything is, so it would be pointless to do so.

Still pretty alright, though...

Afterwards, we sidled back down the path, Ruben talking about all the different wildlife we had seen (including apparently an Andean Condor, which I didn't realise at the time are actually quite a rare find, but also, still just birds so basically a bit shit) and plant life we were passing, making me feel every inch the outdoorsman, despite how much this sentence implies the opposite.

Despite a couple of interludes, wherein Treacle unexpectedly galloped, or launched himself over tiny puddles in the most overly dramatic way possible, crushing my hands and genitals against the saddle in the process, I was now decidedly enjoying my time on horseback and had begun to feel so comfortable that when Ruben suggested that we gallop back to the ranch on the final strait of road, I eagerly(ish) agreed. Sam's horse, however, whose name neither of us can remember, but whom she dubbed “Li'l Asshole” was not so gallop-inclined and so, once back at the ranch, we did have to wait for some time, while Sam and Li'l Asshole trotted along at entirely its own pace, which was close to that of molasses. I befriended that ranch's cat in the meantime, however, so didn't mind in the slightest. In fact, I only wish they could have taken longer.

We lunched at the ranch, “enjoying” a little packet of salted crackers, a melted chocolate cake bar and a bottle of water (and also, the ranch's cat, Arthur, now sitting on my knee, purring loudly like a big idiot) and the smalltalk began, once more.

Robert told us that his plans for the rest of his time in Peru were to attend a three week ayahuasca retreat (I fucking knew it). I mean, again, he was a nice guy, but for fucks sake, Robert. Grow up.

Conversation then turned to Machu Piccu. Robert asked us if we had been; we told him we had not. He asked when we planned to go and we told him that we had no plans to do so. We had been wavering on going, since initially booking the trip. Wonders of the world are neat and all, but when viewing them with with literally thousands of other people at the same time, for about an hour and at a cost of several hundreds of pounds, it just didn't seem that worth it and by the time we had reached the point of saying “fuck it, lets just spend the money and do it”, all of the limited entrance tickets had sold out.

Ruben, however, chipped in to tell us that the travel agency for which he and his ranch worked would have some available tickets and he may be able to hook us up for tomorrow, should we still want to go. We told him we were definitely interested and he made a quick phone-call to check availability and prices. Four hundred and fifty dollars. We weren't that interested, fuck. We sadly declined Ruben's proposal and vowed to come back at some point in the future instead, perhaps to walk the Inca trail for like eleven days to get there, which apparently, even that you have to pay for. Walking. You have to pay to walk there. Get your shit together, Peru. Absurd.

A little dejected to not be going Piccu-side, we said our goodbyes to Ruben, Treacle and Li'l Asshole and clambered back into the taxi to be briskly driven back to San Blas temple. Once there, we also said goodbye to Robert, who at the point of writing this, is probably off his little tits on drug-soup, and headed to a cafe we had had our eye on since arriving, for a bit of lunch.

Once inside, I opted for half a basil, mozzarella and tomato panini (which turned out to be absolutely gigantic; I could not even fathom eating a full one) and a frankly monstrous slab of tres leches cake. The food was incredible and honestly, definitely the best thing I had eaten on this trip. All other food I had eaten thus far (including the chicken roulade, from the previous night, which at the time, was lovely, though in comparison was like chewing through a bag of soot) can eff off into the bin, where it clearly belongs.

Now feeling a little sleepy - we had been up since like 6am, had a fairly physically demanding day and now, as I say, were full to the brim with bread and cheese – we decided to head back to the flat, despite it only being around 2pm, to nap and otherwise relax for the rest of the day and indeed, to figure out what to do with our last remaining day in Cusco, tomorrow. Tentatively, our plans were to go and see some of the other, less amazing ruins that the city and surrounding are had to offer. Did we actually do that? Who knows! You'll have to read the next entry to find out! (We didn't. We're lazy and have spent all our money.)