Informational Meeting for Shaman's Phamarcy Course

Informational Meeting for UMass PLSOILIN 398: The Shaman's Pharmacy.

Want to study ethnobotany and the medicinal plants of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest?!!

We will be traveling to Peru from August 6th to August 19th and we would love you to join us!!

Amazon Shamanic Medicine provides a unique, intensive exploration of the plant-based medicines of Amazon rainforest, a body of knowledge derived from shamans who are considered among the most capable of natural healers alive today. The course will involve classroom study and eleven days of travel and participation in studies and rainforest learning activities, in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. 

The major portion of time in Amazonia will be at ExplorNapo, a lodge and learning facility set in primary rainforest along the Rio Napo in Peru. The course is taught and led by Chris Kilham, an ethnobotanist with over 30 years of field experience. The ExplorNapo facilities include capable and experienced Amazon guides, boats for venturing deeper up rivers and into the forest, a medicinal plant garden developed by botanist Dr. James Duke, and easy access to the Canopy Walkway operated by the Amazon Center for Tropical Studies.

Facilities during time in Amazonia include excellent food, basic but good sleeping facilities, showers and sanitary facilities. ExplorNapo has beautiful grounds, direct access to the Sucusari River, and a large open pavilion for classes.