João Meirinhos
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Visual artist & anthropologist
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The Mirror of the Spirit| 1hr : 26mins
Director: João Meirinhos | Producer:
Focus Years: | Country: Portugal
Synopsis:
Ayahuasca is a psychedelic brew which has been used for divinatory and healing purposes since, at least, the 16th century. There are now more Westerners than ever traveling to South America in search of this shamanic experience. They are known as 'spiritual tourists'.
'The Mirror of the Spirit' primarily follows the life of Don Ignacio, an old shaman from Puerto Maldonado, Sergio, an accidental tourist and Osman, a recovering drug addict seeking healing that later becomes an ayahuasquero himself. They are like tributaries of the same river converging towards this ancient medicine for different personal reasons.
In Pucallpa, we stay with Maestro Antonio Vasquez and his Shipibo-Conibo people at a community along the Ucayali River. And, in Iquitos, we are welcomed by David 'Slocum' Hewson at an holistic healing center mostly ran and visited by foreigners.
Starting out as an anthropological investigation, this chronological quest shows examples of mestizo, indigenous and Western shamanic practices. It did not seek to document those already experts on the subject, but to give an unfiltered voice to others that came along its observational path of discovery; to better understand the mysteries of plant medicine, the business behind fake healers and the cross-cultural mimetic relationship between Amazonian natives and spiritual tourists.
The Mirror of the Spirit
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1hr : 26mins
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