Introducing Peru
Peru is an epic
fantasyland. Imagine forgotten temples entangled in jungle vines,
cobwebbed imperial tombs baking in the desert sun and ancient
bejewelled treasures beyond reckoning. Wild rivers that rage around
Cuzco, pumas that prowl in the night and hallucinogenic shaman
rituals that are centuries old. After all, this is the South
American country that chewed up and spat out empire after empire –
even Inca warriors and Spanish conquistadors didn’t stand a lasting
chance. No one could completely conquer this jaw-dropping terrain,
from the Cordillera Blanca with dozens of peaks exceeding 5000m,
down to the vast coastal deserts and the hot, steamy rainforests of
the Amazon Basin.
2006 6 weeks after the
"unexpected" break up of a long marriage I found myself on a journey
to this amazing country with an even more amazing group of people - I will
always remember them, the love we shared, the highs we reached and
the tremendous feeling that is Peru. Telling the tale to others on
my return has led to:-
A Spiritual Tour
with
Willaru,
messenger from the Andes, facilitated by Vicki Rebecca
BY REQUEST
Willaru Huayta is the
primary teacher or the
University of the Divine Sacred Heart which is
a Mystery School based on the Gnostic and Esoteric Sciences,
and the practices of the Ancient Mystery Schools such as
those found in the great Pyramids of Egypt, at Machu Picchu
in Peru, within the mystical Celtic traditions and the
Essene community in which Jeshua studied. Born and raised in
the Andes mountains of Peru, and currently residing in the
ancient city of Cusco, Peru. If you would like to join us on a Sacred Journey there, please get in touch.
Photos From Peru
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 With Maggie, going home
On the boat to Takeil with Kate
Weaving a different life
Flying on the condor
Titicaca from Takeil
General
Background Information
Peru's
position in west central South America has made it the meeting place
of numerous cultures for thousands of years. Bordered by the Pacific
Ocean to the west, Chile to the south, Bolivia
and Brazil to the east, Colombia and Ecuador to the north, Peru is
the natural gateway for tourism and trade on this continent of 300
million people.
With a total land area of 1.28 million sq. km., three and one-half
times the size of Japan, Peru is a country of tropical coastline,
high sierra and Amazonian jungle. The Andes Mountain Range separates
a narrow coastal strip of 70 to 200 kilometres in width from the
Amazonian jungle.
Nature has endowed Peru with an enormous variety of climates,
landscapes and ecosystems. Eighty four of the world's 103 known
ecological zones and 28 different climates are present in Peru,
which place it among the 5 countries with the greatest biological
diversity in the world. This variation allows Peru to produce the
world's largest-grained and most tender corn, the smoothest avocado,
the finest cotton fibre and the most refreshing passion fruit juice.
The landscape is punctuated by 50 mountains of 6,000 meters or more
above sea level and 1,679 glaciers. There are 12,000 lakes of
varying sizes and depths, and 262 different river basins.
Throughout its history Peru has also been the place where different
races and cultures met. To the native population were added, first,
the Spaniards, then later migrations of Europeans, Asians and
Blacks. Today, Peru is inhabited by 23 million descendants of all
these races. Half the population is under 21.
Like most of the region, Peru's official languages are Castilian
Spanish, inherited through the Spanish Conquest, and Quechua, the
language of the Incas. English and other languages are frequently
spoken by business executives, or used in the tourist trade.
The country is predominantly Roman Catholic, another legacy of the
Colonial period. This has not kept sierra populations, however, from
maintaining some Inca rituals and mixing them with Catholic
festivals. Jews, Protestants and other religious groups have also
established places of worship.
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