Pablo Amaringo Passes

Morgan Maher
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The world of art has lost a truly original visionary – a seer in all senses of the word. I think we all join together in wishing him a safe passage to the other side of the river…--Laurence Caruana

 

Legendary shaman, teacher and artist Don Pablo Amaringo died on the 16th of November in Pulcallpa, Peru after a lengthy battle with illness.

Born in 1943 in Puerto Libertad, in the Peruvian Amazon, he was ten years old when he first took ayahuasca. A severe heart illness--and the magical treatment of this via ayahuasca--led Pablo toward the life of a shaman, and he eventually became a powerful curandero

In 1977, Pablo abandoned his vocation as a shaman. He became a painter and art instructor at his Usko-Ayar school, where there was no charge for the students to learn painting from Pablo.

Renowned for his intricate, colourful depictions of his ayahuasca visions, he was first brought to the West's attention by Dennis McKenna and Luis Eduardo Luna, who met Pablo in Pucallpa while working on an ethnobotanical project. Amaringo and Luna later produced the book Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman.

Before he passed away, he was working on paintings of angels, as well as paintings that documented the flora and fauna of Peru.

 

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Much Praise to Pablo

Submitted by Propaganda Anonymous on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:01.

Propaganda Anonymous

Heard about this the other night.

Amazing Artist. And from what I've read and people told meA Gifted Healer.

I got a chance to chop it up with him one time at his humble spot in Peru. My spanish being spotty, at best.Pablo's english just the same. We spoke in polite fragments, with extra emphasis on hand gestures and facial expressions.

I asked him about all the spaceships he had in his paintings.And on the subject of Aliens, the man replied,"They take some of us, And We Take Some of Them."

I found this profound and deeply funny.

A good sense of Humor being one of the best signs of an elevated spirit, IMHO.

Safe Travels in HyperSpace Pablo.

Thank You for the Insights

I am deeply sorry to hear

Submitted by Chris Kaplan on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 16:36.
I am deeply sorry to hear that Pablo Amaringo was a great inspiration. His life will live on in his work, showing us all doors ways to the reality beyond our dominant senses.

Gratitude

Submitted by Sean B on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 19:08.

Deep gratitude to Pablo and all he brought into this life. His visions were an illumination, a glimpse beyond the veil, and we are richer for his work.

Viva Pablo!!!

A great loss

Submitted by Lauralupa on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 05:09.
We will miss this wonderful voyager of spirit realms and his truly inspired visionary art.

Boa Viagem Pablo

Submitted by Benno on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 09:12.
Muchas gracias for your beautiful art. I consider your paintings the most beaufitul i have ever seen. I wish you a speedy recovery at the other side, if that's necessary and that you may continue to make beautifull works of art and maybe inspire some artist still incarnated on this planet.

Farewell

Submitted by Inin-Soi on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 12:43.
I dropped in on Pablo's studio in Pucallpa about six months ago with a friend who wanted to make a video interview with him. He very graciously agreed to this and set up one of his recent paintings on an easel after which he proceeded to give an hourlong discourse on the painting using a paintbrush as a pointer to highlight key details and he talked in depth about his life and his shamanic perspective on the cosmos. He said there exist worlds within worlds all populated by beings and that nature has a multiplicity of spirits behind every phenomenon. He expressed caution when it comes to people working with ayahuasqueros. He said there are not many really good ones who are dedicated to only working with love, light and real healing energy. Pablo had very sweet and generous energy and it was a real priviledge to spend time with him this way. Gracias maestro! Martin Stevens