The Joy of the Inexpressible
This movie treats the gradual immersion of a western filmmaker into the spirit world.
Filmmaker Michael Wiese sets out on a quest. With a companion, he enters the Amazonian basin carrying with him the names of shamans and artists, all strangers to him. He seeks them out, and they minister to him by treating him with ayahuasca, a pharmacological psychotrope blending the barks, seeds, and leaves used to purge and heal bodies and invoke spirits. By itself, no element of ayahuasca cures bodies or spirits or induces visions. The potion works by activating what is dormant and potential within all its ingredients.
To awaken what is dormant and potential within is, in fact, Wiese's goal for this movie. The Shaman & Ayahuasca: Journeys to Sacred Realms documents Wiese's search for health, meaning, and wholeness. It constitutes a chapter of his archetypal story. Stories that people pass from one another tend to retell different stages of a single story. Someone sets out...
An Extraordinary Journey
The Shaman & Ayahuasca is an extraordinary journey into a little known and largely hidden realm. Through Michael Wiese's personal exploration, we are transported into a world where the mystical and the day-to-day merge and miracles are commonplace. If only for the educational and entertainment value as travelogue this film would be worth seeing but this film is so much more as it explores the physical, psychological and spiritual healing properties of ayahuasca. I highly recommend this film to all seekers who long to know more about themselves and the fascinating world of this sacred plant.
Finding Peace With What Is
This film is a beautiful journey into healing the physical body and enhancing the spirit in the process. It is a visual mastery that explores one man's quest for answers that apply to all of us with regards to life and how we live. It is also about mentally, spiritually and emotionally preparing yourself for what comes next. It is about embracing what is and finding peace.
Jen Grisanti
Story/Career Consultant, Writing Instructor for Writers on the Verge at NBC, Author of Story Line: Finding Gold in Your Life Story
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