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REVIEWS YAJE: The New Purgatory — seeker within to a new wisdom. Encounters with Ayahuasca Weiskopf reveals profound insights into by Jimmy Weiskopf transformative knowledge, and gives an Villegas Editores SA, Colombia, 2005 exciting account of his travels on the way. ISBN 958-8160-85-5 (309pp pb) Availability: Villegas Editores SA, TRANCEFORMERS: Shamans of the http://www. 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Br a ri certarts The key to this fifth-dimensional doorway is baijan), Chon- Tous (Kirgtzt it). Salt cave & salt mine therapy is a the trance state, which is at the heart of the Now we have a book devoted exclusively to yajé in all its hells and glories. It's written ith el d el by New York- : - ae ere born journalist Jimmy Weiskopf who has ancient practice of shamanism—and we can highly effective medication-free treat- lived in Colombia for 25 years and is now a lear how to access this state, he says. In ment method for chroni¢ and allergic naturalised citizen. He describes the yajé reality, the shaman "taps into the biological disorders of the respiratory organs. preparation and shamanic ritual and, for this book of life, DNA recordings and transmis- The salgnipe - 2 portable miniature : ne A . sions". 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The experience is at first purga- edge from archaeology, astrology, astrono- ‘ ces pay tive: it can render the drinker so ill as to feel_ My, biology, medicine, occultism, physics (cheque or moncy order) of; S80 plug on death's door, but overseen by the watch- and more, Harper has produced an accessi- $6 path to: Joseph Balla, PO Box ful shaman it reveals a portal that draws the _ ble guidebook for the lay reader who seeks 2283 Keperra. Qld, 4054 to become truly self-empowered. YAJE: The New Purgatory — seeker within to a new wisdom. Encounters with Ayahuasca Weiskopf reveals profound insights into by Jimmy Weiskopf transformative knowledge, and gives an Villegas Editores SA, Colombia, 2005 exciting account of his travels on the way. ISBN 958-8160-85-5 (309pp pb) Availability: Villegas Editores SA, TRANCEFORMERS: Shamans of the http://www. VillegasEditores.com 21st Century he drink made from the scrapings of the — by John Jay Harper Amazonian yajé vine and the leaves of a__ Reality Press, Foresthill, CA, USA, 2006 complementary plant is a potent concoction —_ ISBN 0-9777904-0-1 (328pp tpb) that teaches the yajacero (the drinker) Availability: Reality Entertainment, lessons about his/her health, conduct and http://www. reality-entertainment.com/ destiny and about the meaning of life itself. books.htm Once the exclusive province of indigenous t was the sudden death of his best friend in Amazonian tribes, the potion known as 1988 and a "visit" by him four months ayahuasca has found its way to the urban later that led John Jay Harper on a quest to centres of Colombia, Peru and Brazil where _ find scientific answers to questions about traditional shamans conduct rituals in its spirituality, including what, if anything, hap- proper use by non-tribal locals and increas- _ pens after we die. A US Army veteran who ing numbers of curious foreign visitors. is also an electronics and IT specialist, a (Readers may recall Graham Hancock's life- changing experiences with the drug as described in Supernatural; see 13/01.) clinical hypnotherapist, research scientist and futurist, Harper embarked on a 15-year study of the works of leading-edge scientists and philosophers, so his comprehensive the- sis owes much to these thinkers whom he quotes and credits throughout. The late Terence McKenna, Bruce Lipton (who wrote the foreword), Rupert Sheldrake, Paul La Violette, Alice Bailey, Gary Schwartz, Phyllis Atwater, Michael Talbot, Deepak Chopra and Ken Wilber are just a few authors who've informed and inspired him. The crux of Harper's book Tranceformers is that humanity is soon to go through a shift into a fifth-dimensional field of cosmic con- sciousness, probably coinciding with a mag- netic reversal of the Earth and our solar sys- tem when they align with the galactic eclip- tic in 2012, so we'd better prepare for it. The key to this fifth-dimensional doorway is the trance state, which is at the heart of the ancient practice of shamanism—and we can learn how to access this state, he says. In reality, the shaman "taps into the biological book of life, DNA recordings and transmis- sions". The universe is a hologram, Harper concludes (he's not the first to do so); our DNA is the simplest holographic form but is tuned into Earth, solar and galactic cycles. Now we have a book devoted exclusively to yajé in all its hells and glories. It's written with elegance and eloquence by New York- born journalist Jimmy Weiskopf, who has lived in Colombia for 25 years and is now a naturalised citizen. He describes the yajé preparation and shamanic ritual and, for this English-language edition, his own experi- ences with it in urban and jungle settings. He also includes stunning b&w photos of the shamans (often in a trance state) whom d : Cle he has befriended over the years. However, this coming shift will involve According to the indigenous practitioners, _ ™4jor upheavals in climate as well as cul- yajé is unique in that it contains "99% of the tures on the planet. Harper recounts several power of the plant kingdom". Weiskopf, visions he's had about drastic Earth changes who translates books for his Colombian to come—volcanic eruptions, earthquakes publisher, is dedicated to retaining the and tsunamis on an unprecedented scale— knowledge of the vine and its rituals, explor- but also discusses how we can minimise the ing its curative and visionary powers and effects if more of us have a positive attitude bringing discussion of its sociological, ethi- 4nd can access our higher self. cal, philosophical and healing dimensions to Synthesising a vast storehouse of knowl- the West. The experience is at first purga- edge from archaeology, astrology, astrono- tive: it can render the drinker so ill as to feel_ my, biology, medicine, occultism, physics on death's door, but overseen by the watch- and more, Harper has produced an accessi- ful shaman it reveals a portal that draws the _ ble guidebook for the lay reader who seeks to become trulv self-emnowered. 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