Learn Why the Western World Is Fascinated by Shamans…

Every year thousands of pilgrims from the Western world have sought to learn this knowledge and receive the rituals from the linage of the ancient elders of the High Andes. Many western “shaman” schools in the United States and Europe now train men and women to become shamans by receiving these sacred rites called the Munay Ki.

Meet the Shamans of the High Andes…

In the film we journeyed to the source of Shamanism in Peru, the indigenous Q’ero tribe located in the High Andes mountain region.

The Q’ero are the last of the Incas – a tribe of 600 who sought refuge at altitudes above 14,000 feet in order to escape the conquering conquistadors. For 500 years the Q’ero elders have preserved a sacred prophecy of a great change, or “pachacuti,” in which the world would be turned right-side-up, harmony and order would be restored, and chaos and disorder ended.

The Q’ero have served as the caretakers of the rites and prophecies of their Inca ancestors.

Shamans work in the invisible realms to weave a new fabric of reality into being and bridge healing energies from the spiritual worlds into our tangible realm. They do this work by performing ceremonies. And the power of ceremony is that they create change.

-Sandra Ingerman

While Filming on Location in Peru

For Thousands of Years, Shamans Were the
Medicine Men and Women of the World

Now Is the Time Predicted for Centuries…

The Q’ero believe it’s now the time for their ancient prophecies to come true. The signs of destiny long predicted by the elders have all occurred.

However, one must be in alignment and harmony with nature, otherwise the prophecies are of no use to them. Unless one has the keys, the rites of passage. The Star Rites, or “Mosoq Karpay” (The Rites of the Time to Come), are crucial to the practical growth described in the prophecies. Following the “despachos” (ritualistic offerings of mesa, or medicine bundles), the shamans administer the Mosoq Karpay to the individuals present, transmitting the energies originating with the ancestors of their lineage.

The transmission of the Mosoq Karpay is the ceremony representing the end of one’s relationship to time. It is a process of the heart. This process of Becoming is considered more important than the prophecies themselves. The Karpay (rites) plant the seed of knowledge, the seed of Pachacuti, in the Luminous body of the recipient. It is up to each person to water and tend the seed so that it can grow and blossom. The rites are transmission of potential; one must then make oneself available to destiny. The Karpays connect the person to an ancient lineage of knowledge and power that cannot be accessed by the individual.

Ultimately, this power can provide the impetus for one to leap into the body of an Inca, a Luminous One. That person is connected directly to the stars, the Incan Sun of Cosmology.

The Q’ero believe that the doorways between the worlds are opening again. Holes in time that can steep through and beyond, where we can explore our human capabilities. Regaining our luminous nature is a possibility today for all who dare to take the leap.

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