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While there are small indicators of Inca presence
like small stones and mud joints,
these are always respectfully built over the Hanan Pacha forms.
It is revered with great affection,
and this is done by surrounding it
with very precise and respectful constructions of pieces.
Only the parts that have been worked by heat and mold
are preserved without having been destroyed.
The rest of the stone appears rough.
There is the eroding effect of weathering.
There is a lot of mystery that we can't explain
because these are parts of a great historical past
that happened thousands of years ago.
Nowadays, we also use this soil
for agriculture in the region.
And all of a sudden, I came across an interaction
between the past and these populations.
I wanted to understand why and how
these populations were connected to such dark soil.
I can't say for sure, but there are records that suggest
there were at least around three million people
living in the region of the Alto Rio Negro alone.
Personally, I don't believe it was intentional.
I believe what happened was that, with so many people inhabiting the area,
a lot of decomposing waste was produced bringing about these benefits.
I believe it's possible
that they realized the area was productive,
but their intention wasn't,
"I will dump waste to fertilize the land and improve crop production."
In the 20th century,
it was thought that the hinterlands of Amazonia was totally virgin.
That humans had not touched it.
And now we know that many of the trees that we have here,
Brazil nut, many palms, are semi-cultivated
and even cultivated and domesticated,
so that our understanding of the forest has changed.
I have witnessed many people taking ayahuasca,
and I'm astonished, you know, by what they experience,
sometimes extraordinary journeys into other realms,
sometimes simply looking into themselves,
finding ways of solving their own problems.
Many people write to me, you know,
and that those experiences were completely life-changing,
changed completely their perspective, you know.
Many Indigenous people say, you know,
they take ayahuasca in order to understand the rules of society,
you know, become better human beings.
In the Capanahua language, my name is Shamorin Kyashi Piary.
Shamorin Kyashi Piary means "The Angel of the Jungle."
I come from a line of healers.
I feel the connection to all my ancestors,
my grandmother, my great-grandmother, the whole family.
We are connected and feel the connections with everything to do with Amazonia.
There have been studies suggesting neurogenesis.
You know, that the harmine will be producing new neurons,
even new beta cells for the pancreas.
And perhaps new cells also for the ligaments and so on.
So what happens is that the harmine in the vine
will block the destruction of DMT in the gut,
so that the DMT will cross the blood-brain barrier,
go into receptors in the brain.
That is what produces the visions, you know, the DMT.
This tradition goes back thousands of years.
I mean, we can't say. Two thousand, three thousand years…
When you take ayahuasca,
you need to prepare a question.
She will provide an answer.