Show title: The Real Temple of
Doom
Josh Bernstein, on his "Digging for the Truth" show, buys San Pedro
in Peru. That night he attends a Curendera's healing ceremony.
In this show, titled "The Real Temple of Doom" Josh traces the use
of San Pedro Cactus from the ancient Chavin1 culture more than 2,500
years ago to present day folk medicine.
1) The Chavín were an early civilization that existed in
present-day Peru. This Early Horizon civilization is
believed to have developed around 900 BC and died out around
200 BC. The Chavíns laid the cultural foundation for the
other Peruvian civilizations to come. Info from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavin_culture |
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Josh finds the San Pedro cactus depicted in stone
carvings inside sacred temples of the Chavin. |
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