Throughout this website you may have noticed photographs
of woven textiles. I have been a weaver since the late 1960's
and use the weaving lexicon often in my healing work as a
metaphor. I also am a collector of ethnic textiles. Many of
the Shipibo textiles look very much like a computer circuit
board . . . and the early transistors . . . or 'gateways'.
I see these textiles as the graphic representation of the
bridging of Indigenous wisdom with the cutting-edge technology
of the LIFE System that I now use as an adjunct tool in my
healing work. |
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Shipibo
Song Pattern
Upper Amazon, Peru
The circle graphic that appears on the entrance page and
at the top of each page is a 'song pattern' painted with the
sap of a tree on muslin by the Shipibo people of the Upper
Amazon in Peru. Some of the elders of this tribal group are
still able to remember what these designs on their textiles
mean. This is a language nearly lost. To learn more please
see Ana Steven's film 'Woven Songs of the Amazon' (www.greenspiderfilms.com).
Shipibo Shamana Herlinda traced her finger along the lines
inside the circle and sang the song to me. She told me that
the circle means Pachamama or Mother Earth. The tiny arrows
on the inside of the circle represent the teeth of the Pirranah
and have to do with protection. The outside circle represents
the Anaconda, the Snake Goddess who, according to their tradition,
sings energy into form. So . . . this design or song pattern
has to do with the 'On-going manifestation and protection
of Mother Earth'. It is said that the design continues to
emit the specific vibrational frequencies related to the song.
I invite you to print out the entrance page and place it somewhere.
In that way, we will infuse our environment with the 'On-going
manifestation and protection of Mother Earth'. Thank you for
that! |
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This Shipibo textile is another song pattern that encourages
the patient to open their ears to hear, listen and receive
the words of their teacher/healer. |
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This
textile is from the Ashaninka tribe of the Brazilian Amazon
and is woven to represent the skin of the Anaconda. |
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This
textile is also from the Ashaninka and represents the jaguar. |
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This
textile is the Shipibo song pattern for 'Shamanic Learning'. |
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