{"id":14117,"date":"2025-02-25T00:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unioninarutam-en.local\/blog-all\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:25:52","slug":"blog-all","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unioninarutam.org\/en\/blog-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This blog is dedicated to the study of Shamanism and its arts. You can find a lot of informations about Shamanism, Ayahuasca ceremonies, Tobacco, San Pedro, and more\u2026 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTuna Karamamu: The Ceremony Where Tobacco, the Waterfall, and Dreams Reveal the Future\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tuna Karamamu is one of the most demanding and least-known spiritual practices beyond the Amazon rainforest itself. It is neither a tourist ritual nor a piece of folklore, but an ancestral technology of knowledge passed down through generations. Its central purpose is to establish contact with Arutam (the Great Spirit), the spiritual force that, according to the Shuar worldview, sustains<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tShared Roots: When Shuar Shamanism Meets a Turkish Traveler \u2014 Ritual, Shadow Work, and Ancestral Memory\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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Deep in the Amazon rainforest, amid damp leaves and the songs of the night, encounters unfold that seem to belong to another sense of time: ancient traditions preserving profound understandings of human existence meet visitors from distant cultures searching for a way to reconnect with themselves. A recent conversation between a Shuar elder and an apprentice from Turkey reveals not<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tAwakening Arutam: Shuar Shamanism and Paths to Holistic Health\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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In the Shuar worldview, Arutam Ruym\u00e1n tells us that life is not merely a series of biological processes; it is the vibrant presence of a spiritual principle that permeates all beings. That principle has a name: Arutam. More than an abstract belief, Arutam shapes a way of understanding health, illness, and healing practices. This article explores how, from the Shuar<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThe Healing Silence: Medicine, the Shaman\u2019s Work, and Practice as a Way of Life\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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In the Amazon, the relationship between person, plant, and shaman is not an isolated ritual but a practice that, over time, transforms habits, perceptions, and ways of being in the world. The voices gathered in the testimony reproduced here speak to this idea: ayahuasca does not appear as a miraculous \u201cproduct\u201d but as a mediator that reveals and sustains inner<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThe Living Book of Knowledge: Ceremonial Practice, Cultural Respect, and the Modern Search for Meaning\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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\u00a0 The Inner Call and the Structure of Ceremony\u00a0 \u00a0 Across cultures and eras many people report an inner, often unarticulated yearning\u2014a mystical calling that presses gently at the edge of everyday life. Ceremonial traditions, particularly those arising from indigenous shamanic lineages, have long recognized this impulse and shaped it into a disciplined process: ritual as invitation, ceremony as lesson,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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In recent decades, interest in traditional spiritual practices\u2014from meditation to ceremonies with teacher plants\u2014has grown steadily. Transplanted from Indigenous contexts into global urban spaces, these practices inspire both hope and skepticism. The conversation that inspires this article\u2014where Ruym\u00e1n and Scotty compare the trajectory of yoga and meditation with Amazonian shamanism\u2014offers an opportunity to calmly explore what each path offers, how<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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The search for meaning in life is a journey many undertake, and spirituality can offer powerful paths to healing and self-knowledge. This article reflects on the experiences shared in ayahuasca ceremonies, an ancestral ritual that has resurfaced in modern times and transformed lives, providing new perspectives on reality. Reports of a Personal Journey The voices of those who have attended<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the contemporary context, where the divisions between the scientific and the spiritual seem more pronounced than ever, the need to explore the connection between these two dimensions becomes urgent. Shamanism, an ancestral practice rooted in the connection with nature and spirit, is in constant dialogue with modern psychology, a science dedicated to understanding the human mind and psyche. This<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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The jungle as a living teacher In the depths of the Amazon, where the air is dense and every sound seems to have a soul, shamanism reveals itself as a return to what is essential: to healing, to truth, and to the living force of nature. In this primordial territory, the human being sheds everything that is not authentic. There,<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Mark That Cannot Be Forgotten There are experiences that leave a mark impossible to erase. In ceremonies, something profound happens: you cannot forget what was in your body. What is lived is not an idea or a story to tell, but a truth engraved in the memory of the cells. In that instant, the body remembers its origin, the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Awakening of the Shaman Becoming a Shaman is not a rational decision, but a deep calling of the Spirit. In the Amazon, those who feel this call soon discover that learning is not only about studying or imitating rituals, but about an inner transformation that lasts a lifetime.The awakening of the Shaman along the path begins with a quest:<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Flute Poem Memory of grandparents, old  \u2026I will do my best to keep youthrough the passage of ages.I\u2019ll bathe you in oils and resinsas if you were alive,as if you were not just a memoryin which I put life and breath,as Arutam do in this momentin me and now again. Memory of grandparents, old wood\u2026the man raised you at the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tRead more \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t

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