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www.shamansociety.org25SHAMANICPRACTICEustasTheInkaHealingForcesofNaturePronouncednyoostahsByElizabethB.JenkinsMAMFTThereisnodenyingthatthemysteriousallureofPeruMacchuPikchutheInkasandtheshamanismoftheQeroIndiansofPeruthemodernlinealdescendantsoftheInkahasbeenmagnetizingpeoplefromaroundtheglobeforthelasttwentyyears.Tourismhasincreasedtosuchadegreethataccesstomanysacredsitesisnowhighlyrestrictedorevenofflimits.WeWesternersknowinnatelythatthereissomethingtherethatwewantsomethingthatwedesperatelyneed.QERONATUREWISDOMTheInkaNatureWisdomtraditionalsoknownasAndeanMysticismorQeroShamanismisasophisticated-yet-simpleindigenousknowledgesystem.1Itdescribesingreatdetailtheinterfacebetweenhumansandnaturetoadegreethatistrulymind-boggling.Unfortunatelythereisverylittleac-curateinformationwrittenaboutthespiritualandphilosophi-calworldviewoftheInkasbothancientandmodernthetrueInkagoldThereisverylittlewrittenatall.Perhapsitisbecausewritingisnottheirwayofknowledge.TheirtrueknowledgeispersonaldirectbasedinintimatecommunionwithnatureandpassedonthroughoraltraditionskeptalivethankstofivehundredyearsofresistancebytheQerohighintheirmist-shroudedAndeanhomes.ItisliterallyimpossibletoreachtheQeroNationwithoutcrossinga20000-footmoun-tainpass.PerhapsthisisasafeguardtoensurethatanyonewhoapproachesmustcomeintoresonancewithnatureattheveryleastbyadaptingtotheextremelyhighaltitudeIthasbeenmyprivilegetostudyandparticipateinthiswisdomtraditionandattempttoserveasatranslatorofitsworldviewsince1988.AlasIconfessthatmytwenty-sixyearsofexperiencehavepermittedmetotouchlittlemorethanthetipofanancientandenigmaticicebergofknowledgewhosetruegirthbreadthanddepthremainamystery.Ipresentmypersonalexperienceandknowledgeasitisandhascometomewithoutpretenseofitbeinganymoreoranylessthanwhatitis.Ipraythatitwillbeofvaluetothereader.Ihonormyteach-ersfromthegreatQeroNationwhomthePeruvianInstituteofCulturehasofficiallydesignatedtheLastInkaAylluofPeru.TheInkatraditionisbasedonhumanperceptionandparticipationinthelawsofthemostmodernandadvancedtheoreticalphysics.KawsaypachameanstheworldoflivingenergiesinQuechua.ToperceiveandmovethroughthisworldisthebasicfunctionofthepaqoorinitiateontheAndeanPath.Accordingtothisancienttraditionweinhabitasuper-abundantcosmosinwhicheverythingismadeoflivingenergy.TheworldandindeedtheuniversefunctionthroughsacredexchangesofenergyaprincipleknowntotheInkasasayni.Thisenergyexchangetakesplacecontinuouslyandoneveryleveldowntothetiniestparticleswhereasmodernphysicistswoulddescribeitaquantumfieldisgeneratedbyparticlesexchangingenergy.Theworkofthepaqoistomaintainthesesacredexchangeswithnaturebasedonmutualadvantageandrespect.Considertheactofbreathingforamomentwhichspringsfromafundamentalbiologicalcollaborationbetweenhumansandplantswherethecarbondioxidewebreatheoutisexchangedforoxygenfromtheplantworld.Whatweexhaleislifegivingforplantsandviceversa.FurthermoreintheInkaslivingenergyworldjustasinnaturewheretherearenogoodorevilplantsoranimalstherearenopositiveornegativeenergiesonlyhoochameaningtheheavierenergiesandsamithemore-refinedenergies.SamitheQuechuawordforfin-estlivingenergyliterallymeansnectarandissuppliedinabundancebyMotherNature.TheustasOneimportantcomponentintheInkaenergycosmologyistheconceptoftheustasornaturespiritsofwhichwestillknowverylittle.ForyearswestudentsoftheAndeanPathweretoldandlearnedfromdictionariesthattheQuechuawordustameantprincessliterallythedaughteroftheQoyaorRoyalQueen.WekneworthoughtweknewthatustaswerealsofemaleforcesofnatureandthattheywerecalleduponbytheQerofortheirhealingpowersandwisdom.IfirstencounteredandunderstoodtheustasasbeinganoverarchingenergeticarchetypeoffemalenatureenergiesduringanInkainitiationcalledtheHatunQarpaymeaningGreatInitiationorGreatTransmissionoftheInka.ThewordqarpayliterallymeansirrigationinQuechuawhetherphysicalorspiritual.Thisten-dayinitiationceremonywasrecoveredbyPeruviananthropologistJuanNuezdelPradoafterhehimselfwasinitiatedintothefourth-levelbyhisteacherDonBenitoQori-waman.ThisauthenticInkainitiationritetakesplacewithinthesacredInkageography.Initiatesperformritualsofenergyex-changewithsacredsitesbeginninginCuzcossacredcenterand