The Great Tribe:
On the other hand, humanity is one; all, indigenous or not, participate in human action and evolution. Thus, we, the indigenous people of the great universal tribe, of general civilization, traveling around the globe, experiencing cultures, weighing and analyzing, know — a consequence of Leary's Theory — that the healing potential of Ayahuasca is a process, or realization, catalyzed by the plant, when used in a favorable context, by people in search of solutions: healing is a process, a 'gestalt', a phenomenon emerging at the intersection of the triple encounter: of the plant, of the state-of-being of humanity, and of the intention. The elaboration of the proper intention, of ethics, of ecology and the definition of the virtues (Socratic, theological, rethought and modern) is an elaboration of all the indigenous peoples and natives of the universal system. The cultivation and search for an expanded, quality consciousness is the fruit of the accumulated research of philosophers, of men of science and university scholars, of indigenous peoples of the globe and of practitioners. All are necessary for the construction and development of a 'holistic and synergistic empiricism'. An empiricism capable of detecting the biological, neural, psychological, sociological connections of the experience of the state-of-being, of humanity. An empiricism recognizing the surrounding presence of the mystery, of the inexplicable; an openness pointing out that we are suspended in the mystery of essentiality and consciousness. A holistic empiricism cultivating the art of living without dogmas (sunyata): the recognition of the beauty, grandeur, creativity and mutability of nature represents the radical cure of insecurity, fear, compulsion and absolutism.
The knowledge and eternal re-evaluation of the potentials and limitations pertaining to the various states of consciousness, the knowledge of the scientific nature of these states and their induction, the understanding of the constructive interaction of Leary's factors in the realization and dynamics of vision, of experience, redefines the identity and action of shamans.
From the primordial definition:
"I am a shaman; I work with supernatural powers catalyzed by trance states; I invoke spiritual entities to operate cures. I use a plant of power, a teacher plant, that frees the spirit from its carnal envelope, allowing entry into the astral world, from which I return with the visions, instructions and knowledge to diagnose and neutralize the evil spirits causing diseases…".
In search of a modern, rethought identity, affirming:
"I am a therapist and facilitator, prepared with psychosomatic technology; I stimulate creative and holistic processes in search of cure and solutions. I share a psychoactive plant that broadens sensitivity and creativity, frees the imagination from its conditionings and habits, allowing access to new, creative and mysterious potentials of reality…".
Therefore, we recognize shamanic traits in our activities through the cultivation of the same essential values, but also contemporary elements arising from perennial philosophy. We work these elements and contributions in the attempt to transcend and resolve dichotomies, cultivating the recognition of oneness, that is, of the essential equalities between beings.