El lenguaje de los dioses
Arte, chamanismo y cosmovisión
indígena en Sudamérica
The Language of the Gods
Art, Shamanism and Indigenous Worldview in South America
Compilation of articles by local and foreign researchers edited by Ana María Llamazares and Carlos Martínez Sarasola. Editorial Biblos,
Buenos Aires 2004, 2011. 320 pgs. In Spanish
The books examines the deep interrelation that exists among art, shamanism and the beliefs about the cosmos and divinity of the native peoples of the Americas, especially exemplified through the silverwork, the textiles designs, ceramics and the symbolism of colour among the mapuche people. It goes far beyond these particular issues, discovering the convergence points: there where art is the multisensory condensation of the worldview, an essential means of reaching sacred planes, the true “language” of the gods; and shamanism, more than a series of rituals or healing practices, unveils itself as a complete and vivid philosophy and a different way of being in
the world.
In her main chapter “Shamanic Art: Visions of the Universe. The Symbolic Language of Transformation”, Llamazares develops a comprehensive and trans-cultural study of the different dimensions of shamanic visionary iconography.
Del reloj a la flor de loto
Crisis contemporánea y cambio
de paradigmas
From the Clock to the Lotus Blossom
Contemporary Crisis and
Paradigms Shift
Essay by Ana María Llamazares
Editorial Del Nuevo Extremo, Buenos Aires, 2011, 2013, 446 pgs. In Spanish
In this book the author proposes to widen our appreciation of the contemporary crisis to acknowledge the latest transformations
of the collective consciousness. It is an invitation to understand the present
moment from a threefold perspective: epistemological (as a paradigms shift), spiritual (as an opportunity to reconnect with the sacred dimensions) and evolutionary (as the challenge of a qualitative jump of the collective consciousness). She unveils the socio-historical building of the paradigm that prevails in the West, through Modernity up to the present, showing how classical science falls into crisis and how, as from the twentieth century, the “new paradigms”,
both scientific and cultural, emerge, and
are giving way to a new vision of the world. The book presents a synthesis to understand the paradigms shift and go deeper into holistic thought. It is an indispensable
guide to lead us creatively in the present moment of intense change and uncertainty, and to make us feel participants in the new weaving of meaning.
Occidente Herido
El potencial sanador del chamanismo
en el mundo contemporáneo
The Wounded West
The Healing Potential of Shamanism
in the Contemporary World
Article by Ana María Llamazares
It opens the volume Shamanism
and the Wounded West (2015 - Vol.32,2)
of ReVision, Journal of Conciousness and Transformation, edited by Karen Jaenke
and Jürgen Kremer, dedicated especially
to the view of Psychology and Imaginal Anthropology.
English translation by Ana and Ramiro Morales. Italian translation by Arianna Garzella
This article places the subject of shamanism in a larger scope, that of the global contemporary crisis and Western “wounds”.
It presents a general outlook of the main trans-cultural shamanic features; focusing
on the cure process, revisiting Lévi-Strauss’ concept of “symbolic efficacy” in the light
of healing conceptions found in new holistic science. It also provides epistemological elements to reflect upon the physical and psychological suffering that we endure in Western societies, as well as the possibilities of relief in the light of shamanic knowledge. Two classical mythological characters are evoked: Dionysus and Chiron. Both embody the initiation principle par excellence of shamanic fate, and thus remind us that
this worldview is also rooted in our own Western tradition.
Articles
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Ruote Di Medicina y Circolo cerimoniale. Materiale di sintesi I -Workshop dei 4 Venti - Ana maria Llamazares.
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Neurosciences et spiritualité. Un dialogue qui fait encore défaut. Revue de Nouvelle Acropole n° 268 Novembre 2015. Les sciences et la religion se livrent une bataille sans fin pour prouver queDieu existe. Dieu se résume-t-il à une simple question neurologique ? Lesneurosciences se sont emparées du débat.
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Wounded West. The Healing Potential of Shamanism in Contemporary World. In: Revision, Journal of Consciousness and Transformation, Vol 32 (2). 2015
See also:
Original in Spanish: Occidente herido. El potencial sanador del chamanismo en el mundo contemporáneo. Revista Diversidad intercultural, Nº 7, Año 4, pp. 67-104, IDEIA- UNTREF, 2013.
Italian translation: L´Occidente Ferito: il potenziale di guarigione dello sciamanesimo nel mondo contemporaneo.
Translated by Arianna Garzella. See: Blog of the Association Natura & Psiche , Bologna, Italy.
Also in Blog of the organization Festival Aurora de Natura e Spirito, Milán, Italy.
Also in: Blog of Ass. Culturale Il Cerchio Sciamanico, Induno Olona (Varese), Italy
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Editorial Convergencias [Convergencies] - Publication of desdeAméricaFoundation, #1, 1999, Buenos Aires.
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Amazonian Shamanism. Interview with the shiripiari Juan Flores Salazar In: Convergencias #.1, 1999.
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Main Sacred Plants in South America. By Ana María Llamazares and Carlos Martínez Sarasola
with the collaboration of Florencia Funes. Originally published in Llamazares & Martínez Sarasola (Eds.)
El lenguaje de los dioses. pp.259-285.as “Principales plantas sagradas de Sudamérica”.
Buenos Aires, Editorial Biblos, 2004, 2011. Translation revised by Ana Paula Morales
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Arte prehispánico chamánico del Noroeste argentino / Shamanic Art from the Pre-Hispanic Northwest Argentine. In: Precolombart 4/5 - (2001-2002): 86-99. Barcelona, Museo Barbier-Mueller d´Art Precolombí. 2003
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