NAVIGATION TIP:

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Appendix I

THE DIMENSIONS OF SHAMANIC PERCEPTION

They are dimensions rather than levels. Level suggests a separate and discrete unit like a bookshelf (a single shelf could be removed from the whole unit), whereas dimension suggests an aspect such as length or width or time (which cannot be removed from the whole).

These four perceptual dimensions are states of consciousness for shamans. They are spaces that can be tuned into and markers established. The matter to knowledge ratio increases trigonometrically with each dimension. Space/Time is very dense with matter and it is much more labor-intensive to effect change there; whereas, in the Essential/Energetic, intention alone is sufficient.

In Western cultures the consensus is in Space/Time. To a shaman, consensus is in the Essential/Energetic.

Thanks to Alberto Villoldo, Oscar Miro-Quesada, Hank Wesselman, Deepak Chopra, Fred Alan Wolf and Albert Einstein.

AN AMAZON MODEL OF EXISTENCE

Vegetalista Pablo Amaringo talks about four dimension, but recognizes the universe consisting of infinite dimensions that follow a certain color gradation.

Human beings and animals -- including prototype animals (see, mama) such as the Sach’amama, Yakumama and Wayramama belong in the first dimension.

The second dimension is the realm of ghosts, gnomes and earth or forest spirits such as the ch’ullan chaki, tunchis, etc.

The third dimension is populated by the spirits of trees, sylphs, mermaids, etc. In this dimension vegetalistas receive their yachay or mariri from the spirits.

The fourth dimension is the realm of kings, princes, angels, fairies, cherubs, seraphs, etc. Inside God there are infinite dimensions with beings so powerful one is not even able to look at them.

Spirits are pure energy in constant motion and activity. People should imitate them by working, which is what gives human beings their dignity. The universe is surrounded by darkness, which recedes as the spirits extend the universe through creation.

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The lower light-green band represents the humus. There we see animals, quadrupeds and birds, plants and so on that the vegetalistas, already beginning to know the esoteric powers, have at their disposal.

The next band represents the topaz and its color is greenish-yellow. There we see plants, reptiles, birds, unknown specters, roses, and dark people. This is one more grade of this knowledge.

Then comes the magenta band. There we see plants, animals, persons, and sphinx-like beings as well as the black rose which contains a great esoteric mystery, hypnotic animals, fortune tellers, sibyls, and persons endowed with a transcendental mind.

The following band is of neutral gray. It is a grade superior to the others. There we see animal persons. It is indeed the center that separates the visible from the invisible. Many are able to reach this grade but their journey ends here due to lack of sufficient preparation in supranormal matters. That is why it represents the diamond, for one can sound out the knowledge that one hides.

Then there is a turquoise band representing the sapphire. There we see angels or messengers that roam the vast universe, dwelling in different galaxies for some time. They have extrasensory wisdom and move with the speed of thought. They are the guardians appointed to the immense universe.

There is the violet band, too, representing the amethyst. There we seen creatures like sylphs, fairies, muses, kings, queens, princes, princesses, all having great talent and wisdom.

The last band represents the carbon and silicon. Here we see strange beings, sphinxes, animals, witches. It is the opposite of all the light and the enlightenment of the good.

The flying circles around the house are the icaros of vision that transmit these occult matters.

Image above and text from Chapter 49 of Ayahuasca Visions.

A CHUMASH MODEL OF PERCEPTION

    The Chumash of California have what they call Chumash X-ray, an ability to see the poq’po and to use this perception for healing. They say that we Westerners have lost five of our ten senses, being aware of only the five physical senses of touch, taste, sight, hearing and feeling. The other five senses are in the realm of thought and emotion and are deemed imaginal senses. They are:

• Sense of self-healing: when you cut yourself, the body heals. It is possible to recognize when you are healing yourself and the emotional release that accompanies it.

• Sense of self-destruction: if you always create problems for yourself, you will break yourself down and cause wars, illnesses, etc. This sense can overcome you during bouts of depression and the “dark night of the soul.”

• Sense of penetration: able to penetrate other dimensions, other levels, other worlds. This is when you notice synchronicities, archetypal behaviors, intuition.

• Sense of perception: to be able to see and understand what you are perceiving in those other worlds. The ability to perceive normal events as extraordinary.

• Sense of revelation: to able able to use what you have perceived because it has been revealed to you. The ability to bring your intuition into the physical realm.

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