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.
• THE DREAMMAKER
The site of Ron and Jerrine Grey, owners of The Dreammaker, has photos of many of the sites Juan and his son, Ivan, take people to during the 10-days of initiation.
• 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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• THE CENTER OF LIGHT INSTITUTE OF SOUND HEALING & SHAMANIC STUDIES
This organization seems to be sponsoring Hatun Karpay trips and training now (2008). Their program is based upon one started by Juan Nunez del Prado and Barbara Perrins.
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• PRIMAL PATHS
A 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 website.
Unfortunately, Joan has either moved or taken down her website. Right now (2008) the only way to contact her is via her publisher, Bear & Company. Here's how they say to do this:
CONTACT AN AUTHOR
If you wish to reach one of our authors you may send a first class letter to the following address.
[Author's Name here]
c/o Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
PO Box 388
Rochester, Vermont 05767
USA
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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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• 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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• ALUNA JOY YAX'IN
Aluna Joy offers spiritual trips to Peru's sacred places. "The person who travels to a sacred site is not the same person when they return home. They have been awakened to a greater respect for the planet, accelerating a beautiful unity and harmony between all living people, cultures, and religions. The ancient ones who created these sites help us remember that this is the most important truth there is. ~ Aluna Joy Yaxk'in
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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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•; 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
• 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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• SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS CLUB
The South American Explorers Club has a lot of books and Info Packets about various places and countries in South America. On the home page, click on "Publications" > See More > and under Info Packets click on "See More."
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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.
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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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• LIST OF MAPS OF PERU
A nice list of websites offering satellite and other types of maps of Peru.
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