Hatun Karpay Initiation in Peru
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GOOGLE.COM SEARCH RESULTS
• HATUN+KARPAY
Google.com, the "big daddy" of all search engines, as of April, 2003, has a list of search results featuring many pages and websites devoted to information about and trip opportunities for the Hatun Karpay initiations. So if you are interested, this is the place to look. Google even lists pages in languages other than English--Dutch, Spanish, Italian, for example.
• DAVE BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY
Dave led a photography tour sponsored by American Photo Magazine. This online workshop shows images with the complete information about equipment, camera settings and narrative. If you're contemplating taking pictures of Peru, this is a must-read website.
• PROGRAM PERU 2003
The site of a group in The Netherlands has gorgeous photos of many of the sites Juan and his son, Ivan, take people to during the 10-days of initiation.
• WALKING THE INKA PATH
Eileen Nauman, DHM(UK), is one-eighth Eastern Cherokee and was trained in this shamanic tradition by her father. Eileen took the Hatun Karpay initiations in October, 1999, just about one year after my experiences. All she wanted was a healing and a condor feather. However, certain 'others' had different plans for her. Apparently, Eileen has been given the responsibility of bringing forth certain types of 'lost' information about the ancient Andean energy systems. Who has charged her with this responsibility? Well, those residents of the Upper World, a particular ñust'a and some condor spirits, who help maintain the energy connections at the various Andean sacred sites! Eileen was able to communicate with some of these beings on this, her first trip to the Andes. She knows that she is to return to bring forth more information and plans to do so in May, 2000. Her story of her adventures reads like a wonderful novel - but these adventures are true! I encourage all of you who are reading this to go to her site for a real thought-provoking read!
Note: Eileen returned from a second trip to Peru and Machu Picchu (June, 2000) with lots more information about certain specific temples, their niches, Huayna Pikchu and a few other sites. She plans to discuss these experiences and discoveries in a book, no publication date set at this time.
• WIRAQOCHA FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF INDIGENOUS WISDOM
Elizabeth Jenkins' website for the foundation she established to further the preservation of the Andean indigenous wisdom. It was under the sponsorship of this foundation that I went to Peru for the Hatun Karpay initiation. The foundation also sponsors other types of spiritually oriented trips to Peru and Bolivia, including the gathering of 144 fourth level priests in August, 2000. Elizabeth also travels extensively, teaching Andean spiritual concepts and techniques of working with energies. Through this non-profit foundation, Elizabeth helps support various charitable projects in Peru. Five hundred dollars (USA) of the cost of the Hatun Karpay trip is tax deductible (in the USA) and is used to finance these projects. Additional donations are gratefully accepted.
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• A SHARED SPIRITUAL QUEST, BARBARA PERRINS & ASSOCIATES
This link is to their Peru page. Like the above site, BPA sponsors trips for the Hatun Karpay initiation, plus other trips to the Andes and jungle regions of South America. Do check out the rest of this site for information and spiritually oriented trips to other parts of the world.
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• PRIMAL PATHS
A new website of Joan Parisi Wilcox and John Shannon Wilcox, "Primal Paths is devoted not only to exploring the shamanism of North and South America, especially that of Peru, but also to exploring mystical experience and spirituality in general. Be part of the resacralization of the world by claiming your divinity and expressing your wholeness." In addition to information about trips to the Andes and Peru, and workshops and lectures, they offer sound healing and inuitive/psychic mediumship, articles, books and a marketplace. A very informative websiteM/b>
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• WIRAQOCHA FONDEN DK (Wiraqocha Foundation Denmark)
A MUST-SEE website! Even if you can not read Danish, read on! For people who can read Danish, this marvelous website contains a journal and very complete information about the Hatun Karpay initiation procedures and rituals, plus information about the contents of the weekend workshops about Andean spirituality and shamanism. What makes this website additionally valuable, even if you can't read Danish, are the precisely exposed and very clear photographs of all the Peruvian sites visited, rituals in progress, the making of a despacho, how to fold the cloth, Andean scenery and indigenous people, some beautiful portraits of Juan Nuñez del Prado and his Master, Don Benito Qoriwaman, and some of the workshop activities. Those of you who are European may want to contact Anita and Jens Peter Hansen, Directors, to sign up for their Hatun Karpay trips and workshops.
In addition to the above websites for the Hatun Karpay initiation, check out the following organizations:
• THE DREAMMAKER
Ron and Jerrine Gray of Huntsville, Alabama, USA, sponsor workshops by Juan Nuñez del Prado (he was there in February, 2000) and Elizabeth Jenkins. Also they are now qualified to teach the beginning techniques of energy workings of the Andean tradition. They may be offering trips to Peru for the Hatun Karpay initiation, too. And do check out the other pages of The Dreammaker - lots of interesting offerings. Should you ever be in that area, look up their store. They'll be glad to see you.
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• MESAWORKS - Peruvian Shamanism
Peruvian born teacher of cross-cultural ceremonial shamanism Oscar Miro-Quesada has been leading, since 1986, transformational journeys to Peru and Bolivia which combine aspects of initiation and pilgrimage and include ceremonial sites such as Machu Picchu, Tiwanaku and Nazca. Based in Florida, he also conducts regional apprenticeship programs in the USA, as well as facilitating experiential workshops on the integration of millennial and contemporary wisdom teachings and healing practices in the USA and abroad since 1979. He was initiated by don Benito Corihuaman (also spelled Qoriwaman) of Wasao, Peru, in 1985. His academic achievements include degrees in microbiology, humanistic clinical psychology and ethnopsychology. You can read about his impressive professional accomplishments on his site, under "About Oscar." Also, he has an excellent description of the type of "mesa" he uses and teaches others to use.
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• THE FOUR WINDS SOCIETY
Alberto Villoldo teaches energy working techniques utilized for hundreds of years by Andean shamans. He conducts trips to Peru to visit sacred sites to do ritual spiritual work. He does not offer the Hatun Karpay initiation. Villoldo does not consider this to be part of the traditional Q'ero spiritual practices. (This site is now back online, but some pages are still under construction.)
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• SPIRITS OF THE EARTH
Vera Shapiro, founder of Spirits of the Earth, is dedicated to helping people experience the spiritual, mystical aspect of Peru. She offers several trips a year, with opportunities to meet and work with various Andean shaman/priests and priestesses. Vera's website has lots of information about the various sacred sites and her spiritual awaking to her past-life roles in Machu Picchu. Scroll down past the trips, which include great travel tips, for links to her various Peru/Incan articles and then to the end of this first page where you'll find the square Home icon that takes you to many other articles and subjects of interest, such as crystal skulls and UFOs. I highly recommend spending some time reading and browsing throughout this site.
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• MAGICAL JOURNEY SACRED TOURS TO PERU / WILLKA-T'IKA: Peru's Only Healing Retreat and Yoga Center
Carol Cumes established this retreat near Urubamba in the Sacred Valley in 1995. She and Terry Cumes of San Francisco, CA, offer retreats and tours for "...spiritually open men and women of all ages to truly experience Machu Picchu, the Andes, and the Amazon in a non-commercial way. We explore ancient sacred sites and special areas not visited by other tourists." Participants can "...tap into the authentic Andean spirituality, as well as allow them plenty of time for personal spiritual growth and meditation." See also her book listed in the Bibliography.
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• LABYRINTHINA SACRED JOURNEYS TO MACHU PICCHU AND BEYOND!
Goddess Gathering May 2000. Labyrinthina Sacred Journeys, Labyrinth, Andean Imports, On-line Esoteric Bookstore, Ancient legends and mysteries, Power Places. This is a site well worth perusing. Lots of information here, including the experiences of serveral people involved in the Goddess Gathering of 1999.
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EDUCATIONAL TRIPS
• EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
This is a marvelous site, devoted to taking serious seekers on educational trips to the Peruvian Amazon. Some of their trips offer opportunities to study the medicinal plants of the jungle and to work with shamans, including having an authentic spiritual experience with ayahausca. To do the latter, there are lots of preparatory dietary restrictions and rules that were set by the shamans this group works with. Even if you don't go on any of their trips, there are many informative articles on this site.
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PERUVIANS AND FRIENDS OF PERU WEBSITES
• EL DIRECTORIO VIRTUAL DE PERUANOS EN EL WEB (Virtual Peru Directory)
A labor of love, this site has over 500 links to webpages built by Peruvians and people from other countries who have visited Peru and fell in love with the country and its people. The comprehensive subject list covers almost all aspects of human endeavor, from archaeology, art and business through education, government, music and photography to sports and tourism! Some sites are in Spanish, some in English. There is something here for everyone.
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•; ROY DAVIES' INKA TRAIL TO MACHU PICCHU
Accounts of Davies' two treks of this trail 8 years apart, telling of the changes e encountered on his second trip. This website also has a fantastic links site including updated articles of the Inka Trail and Machu Picchu, new archaeological discoveries all over Peru, new theories about the Inka's, Machu Picchu and several other ancient sites. Also included are liks to informative sites about hiking in Peru, several famous explorers, other archaeological sites in South American, Thor Hyerdahl's expeditions and much more. This is a site worth bookmarkng and visiting many times.
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• DESCENDANTS OF THE INCAS
A wonderful site, devoted to the revival of traditional Andean weaving techniques. In addition, there are lots of annotated photos of Nilda Callañaupa's family and life in her home village of Chinchero, which was originally established as the country estate of the Emperor Tupa Inca. Lot's of photos showing various Chinchero weaving patterns, children learning to weave, and information about the Center for Traditional Textiles that Nilda has established in Cuzco.
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PERUVIAN TOURIST ORGANIZATIONS
• EMBASSY OF PERU - Washington, DC
This site has many links to Peruvian news sources: papers, television, online news. With the current unrest after the presidential innauguration in Lima (July 28, 2000), it may benefit you to check in here before making any travel plans to Peru in the near future. See also the link below.
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•; iINFORMATION ON PERU
When planning a trip to Peru, it's good to know about some of the current issues that you might need to prepare for, such as the political situation, incidents of muggings, unsafe areas of certain cities, raised fees and changed rules for hiking the Inca Trail and accessing certain ruins, airlines within Peru, etc. So this South American Explorers site is a valuable tool for checking on these topics. Scroll down past their special sales items until you get to the topic "Advisories."
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• PERUVIAN TOURING CENTER: El rostro del Perú en Internet
Peru's official tourist webpage. It's great, if you can read Spanish! There are even links to Peruvian radio stations' webpages. El Condor Pasa plays in the background.
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• RUMBOS ONLINE: The Peruvian Travel Magazine
Lots of informative articles here on archaeology and other areas of interest for people wishing to travel to Peru. Also Bolivia and Chile.
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MAPS OF PERU
• CATALOG OF MAPS OF PERU
Here's a tremendous resource for ordering any and all types of maps of Peru. The maps of the various provinces all date from the mid 1980s, so may be quite out of date. Also, some, especially the Cusco maps are quite often out of print. But there are a few modern maps of Cusco and Lima. All maps seem to be in Spanish. Also offered are topographical maps of coastal Peru and some interior regions, and geological and metallurgical maps.
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• COLOR MAP OF MACHU PICCHU
Scroll down this page until you get to the above listing. Price is only $6.00 US. New, this full-color fold-out map gives precise locations of sites like the Condor Temple and the Temple of the Sun. Every niche, window and doorway is marked, plus the outlines and locations of boulders; locations of baths, caves, 'mortars.' In fact, I'll bet that even the step count is accurate! Indispensible for lovers of Machu Picchu. When exploring the various temples there, it's easy to get turned around, but with this map, it should be impossible to get lost. The South American Explorers Club has a lot of other maps of and books about various places and countries in South America, but this link takes you to the Peru page.
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MAPS OF PERU ON THE INTERNET
• GIF MAP OF PERU
The University of Texas has a pretty good topographical map of Peru in gif format. I haven't tried to print it, so don't know how well the town names will show up. File size is large, 302 kb.
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• POLITICAL MAP OF PERU
Another map from the University of Texas, this time political divisions only. Same size to print out, but slightly smaller file size of 260 kb.
For a smaller version, try this one.
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• SACRED VALLEY MAP
This is the best map of the Sacred Valley I've found on the internet. You can print it out and use that to follow our route and the places we visited.
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• QOSQO, INKAS' SACRED CAPITAL (Cusco, Cuzco - Peru)
This wonderful site is packed with historical and archaeological information about Cuzco, Machu Pikchu and most of the other Inkan ruins and temples in the Sacred Valley surrounding Cuzco. Great articles on: Inkan religion, general and city planning, materials and lithic technology, Inkan architecture, agriculture, coca leaves, Andean camelids, Andean condor, Inkan city of Qosqo, present-day festivities and much, much more, interspersed with wonderful photographs. A native of Cuzco and author of this website, Vicente Goyzueta "will answer your queries or get you in touch with the best Tour Guides and Tour Operators not only in Qosqo (Cusco) but all over Peru. Vicente is also available for any lectures about the former Capital of the Inkas." He has also written a guidebook containing much of this information, but the book apparently is sold only in Cuzco. Scroll clear to bottom of home page for a link to the Spanish version of this site.
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