The entire region is filled with strong natural energy, certain places have also a traditional mystic relevance. Several ancient rituals can be done here, like Ayahuasca and San Pedro (peyote) sessions. You can also do spiritual tourism in Cusco!
Spiritual Tourism Main Rituals
In Cusco City and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, visitors looking also for mystical experiences have two main options, Ayahuasca and San Pedro (they are totally legal in Peru).
The Ayahuasca brew is a millenary shamanic tradition from the Amazon, but the Incas had mastered their use. Machu Picchu, besides being a luxury retreat for royals, was also a sanctuary where such ceremonies were held. The emperor and other leaders used to consume the sacred potion.
The Ayahuasca is a compound that allows access to the deep unconscious, thus having a powerful, quick healing effect on childhood traumas, repressed experiences, destructive and self-destructive behaviors, addictions and so on. Currently, there is growing scientific evidence of the great potential of the Ayahuasca sessions for healing depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder too.
Now the San Pedro (in Quechua: Wachuma) is lighter than the Ayahuasca and although it has also psycho-spiritual healing action, it is more used for connection. Specifically, it provides a mystical union with the entire nature and finally with God itself. This of course, greatly increases ecological awareness, respect for the environment and certainly shows the participant the divine, highest levels and ethical values of human consciousness.
Both the Ayahuasca and San Pedro are powerful physical, emotional and cognitive healers, practices which trigger and allow a really fast spiritual development.
Cusco City has several retreat centers for doing these ceremonies, they can be also found in the Sacred Valley and the Amazon jungle.
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Other Rituals for Spiritual Tourism in Cusco
- The Andes have a rich pre-Hispanic shamanic tradition. There is archaeological evidence of priests doing ceremonies dating back to 1.000 b.C. and even 2.000 b.C. Other rituals available in the region, which you can book with TOUR IN PERU, are:
- Reading of coca leaves
- Cleansing of negative energies
- Flowering bath
- Offering to the Pachamama (Mother Earth)
- Inca mystic marriage
All these ceremonies are based on Andean-Inca spirituality, which held that nature was filled by a feminine, healing, giving, nurturing spirit which had to be worshipped and channeled by the shamans. For instance, the cleansing of negative energies summons the feminine and other healing spirits of nature to liberate people from bad karmas and similars. The offering to the Pachamama is a giving to nature so it (she) will give back prosperity, health, protection and so on. Know more about the Pachamama and Inca mysticism.
Adding spiritual tourism ceremonies can be a wonderful, valuable plus for a classic vacation program, like an Inca Trail (depending on your time, we have the Classic 4-Day and one which is easier, faster, the Short 2-Day Inca Trail), a classic Machu Picchu tour like the 2-Day package with Huayna Picchu hike (so you can be at the sanctuary where the Inca leaders consulted their gods) or any other of our premier destinations. The 1-Day tour of the Sacred Valley can also take visitors to another very important mystical place for the Incas.
Spiritual tourism in Cusco can be a life-changing experience! Consider it for your next vacation in Peru!
