The Inca Empire was the largest civilization in pre-Colombian America, bigger even than the Aztec Empire. The Empire spread up and down much of South America, all the way up to modern-day Colombia, down through Peru and Chile, and inland as far as Cusco. Cusco actually marks the beginning place of the Inca, which partially… Continue reading

The Sacred Valley of the Inca stretches from the town of Pisac 62 miles west to the Inca citadel Machu Picchu. The Sacred Valley Peru was carved out by the Urubamba River and is thus often referred to as the Urubamba Valley. Peoples and civilizations lived in the region prior to the Inca such as… Continue reading

Wachuma is a plant cactus medicine with origins in the ancient Andean Mountains of Peru. The medicine is considered a masculine, Father plant teacher. The journey Wachuma inscribes onto our souls is one that brings us through to our darkest shadows so might we transcend our inner barriers and reach Heaven on Earth. Due to… Continue reading

With our Hydra Writing Retreat with Phil Cousineau on its way, it’s helpful that we take time to study writing’s impact on the writer as well as the reader. Writing is powerful. In ancient times, poetry shaped the ideologies of civilizations. For example, the poetry of Homer shaped the way the Mycenaens interacted with the… Continue reading

Orvieto has history. It’s one of those places where things happened, where notable people loved or bled—a city made malleable by the stages of history we call ancient, medieval, and modern. But why, moreover, should you care to visit this ancient place situated on a giant, isolated hill of volcanic tuff? We’ll be visiting Orvieto… Continue reading