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Shamans of the Global Village is an independent web documentary series focusing on indigenous psychoactive medicines and the Western shamanic resurgence.

Rak Razam is an Australian journalist, author, speaker and self-described mystic, whose gonzo-style coverage of ayahuasca tourism exposes and explores how the ancient Amazonian spiritual healing tradition is impacting the lives of more and more Westerners—and vice versa.

The new film Aya: Awakenings goes inside the world of ayahuasca, exploring the shamanic resurgence and ayahuasca movement in Peru and around the world. With trippy visuals, jungle sounds and more, the movie attempts to capture the experience of taking the hallucinogenic substance.

Ron Wheelock is an Iquitos-based shaman from the midwest United States who trained for many years with indigenous curanderos in Peru. Ron was called by the spirit of ayahuasca to do his healing work and in many ways he epitomises the new breed of Western shamans following indigenous wisdom. Here Ron discusses how he got involved with ayahuasca and was called on the path of shamanism, his experiences with DMT, the spirit world and treating Western ayahuasca seekers…

With a smile so bright it could illuminate a continent, female shaman Adela Navas de Garcia is a vibrant healer from Iquitos, Peru. Mother to 8 children, she has treated patients throughout her local community for more than 50 years, and more recently she sometimes treats Westerners interested in ayahuasca too.