An Initiation into Q’ero Shamanism:  Margo Carrera shares how she received this sacred initiation when she was in Peru, and it how it dramatically changed her life.

An Initiation into
Q’ero Shamanism
by Margo Carrera

 Our planet is fast approaching critical point in our planetary shift in consciousness.  I believe everything we do to awaken ourselves and raise our consciousness helps to propel us forward into this shift.  There has been several times on our planet when entire civilizations have come and gone.  There was the Atlantians, the Lemurians, and the Incans, to name a few.  This time I believe we will not have to disappear per say, in order to awaken and evolve to a higher consciousness.   Not only are we remaining here while we evolve, but the entire planet is doing this at the same time.  This has never been done before.

There are many places on the planet that have been activated to assist us in this transformation process and the sacred sites of Peru are one of them.  The energy at these sites is transformative.  The Q’ero shaman, called Pagos, who live there are known for their ability to communicate with the Earth (Pacamama), the nature spirits (Awkikuna), and the mountain spirits (Apus). They are experts at ritual ceremony.  Because they live high in the Andes and do not have much contact with the outside world, they have been able to open up their abilities to go beyond the Physical realm and move into other dimensions.  This is where we all are heading as we begin to awaken and go beyond our 3-D world. 

In 2005, I was first introduced to the Q’ero through a friend of mine, James Williams, who journeyed to the high Andes to live with them and study their ways.  He later wrote a book about his travels there called “The Andean Codex”.  I spent a week traveling with them and was in awe at their communion with Nature and the Earth.  Two years later I received an invitation to return to receive a very high honor from Sebastian Palgar Flores, an elder of the Q’ero and a Pago (shaman-priest).  He had been given a sign while doing a reading, that it was time to share their hidden wisdom with humanity.  I and five others were gathered to be the first outside of his tribe to receive an initiation on the Path of Ayni, the path to Q’ero Shamanism.

Upon my return to Peru in 2007 I received this sacred initiation and it dramatically changed my life.  It opened up channels of communication with Pachamama, the Apus, the Awkikuna, in a profound way that remains with me to this day.  I began to see how very important it is that humanity stay in connection with the Earth and how we have lost that connection somewhere within our busy lives.  It is costing us our lives, and the life of other creatures that live on the planet.  It is endangering the life of the planet itself, although She states that She can take care of herself and is beginning to do that in her own shift.

In October 2008, I will lead a group to Peru with International Spiritual teacher, Mirabai Devi, and James Williams, along with Sebastian.  To read more about the journey go to www.WholisticHealth.net and click on Events.  You can also read about my last trip to Peru by clicking on Articles and reading, The Story of the Stone.  But more importantly please reconnect with and give gratitude to Mother Earth for all that she has given.