Icaros

For the good of all
With these words we start the holy Huachuma ceremony
When working with master plant teachers
Sooner or later man will be tempted with power
And will have to choose
Whether his actions will be dedicated to obtaining
personal, selfish gains
Or to helping and healing others
Guided by nothing but love
That’s the basic distinction between brujería and pure
curanderismo
Which is the dedicated way of selflessness
Oncе the shakapa is in your hand
Providing a protective Circlе of pure sound
Over the sacred space where the ritual is to take place
Personal problems disappear
And what remains is the care for the fellow being
Icaros
Healing prayer-songs of the curanderos
Set the intent for pure healing
Arkana
A special icaro providing spiritual protection is sung first
Then the concert begins
I once asked Don Rober
If there was a difference between the icaros he sings
He told me,
“No hay ninguna diferencia,
todos son medicina”
They are all the same
All are pure medicine
A grid of healing vibrations
Descending on our bodies
Restoring harmony
A specific musical code
A vibration changing us subcellularly
Unlocking and harmonising our energy centers
We soak the sound in through our skin
Through the palms of our hands
Down to our every cell
Filling them with light
Purging out chaotic and dark patterns
Icaros are prayers
Incantations
Calling on God’s healing of his children
Calling on the healing spirits of the plants
Calling on healing spirits of the earth, the water and the
skies
The little doctors
(“Once the doctorcitos come
Remain very calm”)
And they do come
And start rewiring your circuits
And performing operations
And it’s amazing
Icaros are moments of pure energy and transformation
They are vehicles of contact with our Divinity
According to don Rober
Ayahuasca sings 45 icaros
45 visions
Relevant for our individual life
Which we have the opportunity to see
If ready
Back in the old times
Not all people who came for healing drank Ayahuasca
Only the healers would drink
And the rest would receive the healing nevertheless
Through icaros
And blowing of the mapacho smoke
Thus, Ayahuasca is only chakaruna
The bridge
Who sensitizes us to finer vibrations
So that we hear
Listening to the icaros
Listening to the Plants
Listening to Nature
Listening to Life which is sacred
Listening to our Heart
Listening to the Great Spirit
It is not the healer who heals
He only sings and prays to a higher power which heals
He sings to the nurturing, healing, caring power of Life
All-powerful, merciful and benevolent
He sings the song of vitality
Of a world where everything is imbued with Life
And vibrates its pattern
And thus everything has a spirit and is sacred
He sings of a wider picture
The sacred geometry of Creation
Of the inherent strength of a Human Being
Going through suffering and purification
In order to know the Truth about oneself
And to surrender fully to It
He sings of unity
He sings of a transformation
Which ends in Love and Compassion
It is all there encoded in the icaros
In the feeling behind the sound
Listen
Listen, listen, listen to One Heart’s song
Follow your intuition and intelligence
Until you find your own marirí
Your own strength within
Your own song