Ayahuasca & Permaculture Ecosystems Growth Guide

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Hi there, my name is Virgilio please listen to this message from the

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I kindly write willing to cooperate in this beautiful and authentic project developed in the past years and which consists in a detailed documentation and description of all the modes of reproduction and cultivation of ayahuasca plants.

Characteristics of the project:

The documentation in its actual frame started at 2017 documenting ayahuasca cultivation in Amazon and beyond. Simultaneously we cultivated the plants in all the possible ways of reproducing, registering each stage detailed. Meanwhile the plants reproduced were taken to areas of Tropical forest in Brazil where we worked on their proper integration considering the season and the natural balance.

In this research each stage is photographed and described and there is no detailed explanation like this available nowadays.

There are many photos and an unique step by step guide to learn the integration of permaculture and ayahuasca cultivation.

By this techniques people will be able to restore ecosystems continuously and benefit from the in harmonic balance. The material is didactic and easy-reading.

The material also counts with reflections on ayahuasca global expansion, shamanism and human and plant relation.

The final material will be about 180 pages and 300 photographs

Please my friend, take a look at our work, you won't find anything like it in any publication or personal photos online.

This is the result of fifteen years of devotion and serving the forest and the master plants.

As an anthropologist and ethnobotanist who have been studying ayahuasca cultivation for fifteen years I went frequently to Amazon forest, not only documenting but principally establishing partnerships with indigenous peoples focused on the revitalisation of shamanism and traditional medicine. We have worked together in creating a cultural heritage centre in Varinawa people and carry on for an ayahuasca biosustainability project in many location. As Amapacha Institute founder I have managed to carry own the plantation of hundreds of ayahuasca plants in tropical forest environment across areas of Brazil. The photos below shown a small portion of my mission defending environment and the most recent work of collaboration with Varinawa Noke Koi people to found a social cultural Association to protect their territory and reinforce initiatives of cultural revitalisation focused on shamanism, traditional medicine and art.

At the present moment we are lacking funds to carry own with the conclusion of this project or Amapacha Institute. I have contact many people trying to find support and a few friends helped me as volunteers. At the moment this having no jobs, employment and funds is putting many barriers to go further. Its is practically in an archive and due to the lack of conditions we are asking for your help and recognition of this work, unfortunately situated in the outskirts of geopolitics of knowledge.

The lack of resources in our area of research is catastrophic specially now with political turbulences in Brazil. Unfortunately our house was invaded in the middle of the documentation and we lost all our audio-visual equipment which slowed down our work. The pandemic situation worsened the problem and imposed serious challenges to the work of the Institute and conclusion of the book.