Women of the Earth

This series I have been developing over the course of the last 20 years.

It was started with an esoteric apprenticeship under the guidance of a renowned Cabbalist and shaman in Santiago, Chile. This teacher, Pedro Engel (www.PedroEngel.cl) encouraged me to draw and paint my own Tarot deck, based on our studies and following the teaching style of Aleister Crowley.

The first sketches resulted in the 20 major arcana of the Tarot and they were greatly influenced by my findings of native Chilean indigenous spirituality of the Mapuche people of Southern Chile.

The Mapuche are one of the few surviving matriarchal cultures of ancient Mesoamerica.

Moontears

Copihue

La Machi

Weñulfe

The Toad

The Lovers

Nuke Mapu

Ayahuaska at the Gates of San Pedro

The strong womens spirituality symbols in my initial drawings called the attention of Vicki Noble, (www.Motherpeace.com) international teacher, author, and passionate feminist leader. I was invited by Vicki to travel to California, and join her school of Contemporary of Female Shamanism.

I arrived in California in 1989, and settled. I began elaborate oil paintings based on the original drawings I had designed along side Pedro, my first teacher.

In the last decade my interests took me on the paths of Amazonian plant medicine work, as I was also initiated in the sacred path of Tantra.

My recent paintings have picked up elements from both of these practices, and they intertwine visions received in ceremony together with my work as a tantrika and yogini. These pieces can therefore be divided in two groups:
La Machi, Copihue, Nuke Mapu, The Lovers are reminiscent of my studies of Tarot and Mapuche Cosmo vision.

Moon Tears, Weñulfe, Ayahuaska at the Gates of San Pedro, The Toad and Gaia are more recent works inspired in Tantra and assisted by the divine guidance of plant medicine.

For info on Sacred Plant Journey and psychedelic art please visit www.erowid.com. My art is displayed in their art vaults.

Gaia

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