Corazón abierto, la senda del chaman

"I started the journey along the path of the sha "I started the journey along the path of the sha­mans in August 2005. For starters I looked in small communities in Hidalgo. To my surprise in every village there was a healer, two or even three of them. I went to their houses and knocked on the door. Some let me in and photograph them; others looked at me suspi ciously. Nevertheless, these experiences only increased my curiosity such that I later traveled to the Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua, Tieu! and Mayapan in Yucatan, Pisac and Pucallpa in Peru looking for the best health practices and knowledge. As I went deeper, I tried several of their healing techniques: I did pilgrimages, visited sanctuaries, par ticipated in veiling ceremonies, listened to masses and took offerings; I used cataplasms and, during long periods, drank infusions and potions made from fruit; I was devoted to Hunab Ku and had a spiritual operation; I ingested visionary plants and, along with some healers, I collected pharmacopoeia herbs, that are now dried in my workbooks. Also, my son Rodrigo and I traveled to the Peruvian jungle, where we had sha­manic diets and drank extracts of sacred plants. Photography-an