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A passage to India

For some western people, India is a no-place built by a yearning for non-capitalist holidays. Those with more experience say that there are two happy days in India: the one you arrive and the one you leave.

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    Omar Beretta
4 min
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Tibet

It wasn’t by chance that one tipsy night in Kathmandu I run into an outlaw who promised to get the paperwork needed to tramp over to Tibet

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    Omar Beretta
3 min
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Penantian / La espera

Di dalam bahasa indonesia waktu tidak "berlari" tapi "berjalan". Hujan menghentikannya, lalu penantian muncul

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    Omar Beretta
1 min
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Until the end of the world

Eventually VCR machines disappeared and the chronicle of this unbeatable journey became invisible

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    Omar Beretta
4 min
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Only truth shall set you free

The logic is to encourage forgetfulness and doubt so as to minimize the data the right wing tries to hide. They do this as some sort of resurrection strategy.

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    Omar Beretta
6 min
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Gods, monkeys and demons

Afar becomes near, becomes here to where my time in this land brings me, with their tongue in mine

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    Omar Beretta
5 min
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The Chiang Mai Book Club

A very diverse crowd produced texts that ranged from the backyard of a shaman-granny and her magical crocodile, to an exhilarated brit selling heroin in Hanoi

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    Omar Beretta
2 min
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The Shaman-Tattooers of Southeast Asia

The spiritual condition generates awareness and a sense of place that overrides all fears, real or imaginary.

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    Omar Beretta
8 min
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Spiritual Marketing

Spirituality is rather the absence, the space around it, not the object itself.

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    Omar Beretta
7 min
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Tacumbu Prison

What did I know about Tacumbú? All that I knew were the typical frivolities inherent to the conceptual structure of the privileged. The task of deconstruction never ends.

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    Omar Beretta
6 min
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The Forest Shaman of Ucayali - Part 3

"I gave you science and wisdom, and what have you made of it? All work and no joy"

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    Omar Beretta
4 min
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The Forest-Shaman of Ucayali - Part 2

"Are you here because of the medicine?”

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    Omar Beretta
5 min
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The Forest-Shaman of Ucayali - Part 1

"You can't even imagine all that you will learn."

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    Omar Beretta
6 min
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Living in Community

Whether you never leave your hometown or you are a digital nomad, the fast pace of modern relationships is likely to confront us with the feeling of loneliness.

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    Omar Beretta
3 min
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Solitude

Most of the tenets of modern capitalist society are questioned after spending a few months in a system that does not work solely for profit.

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    Omar Beretta
4 min
Extracto

Tattoo

I was naked: no money, no cellphone, no Benedetta, no *sangha*. There I was again, detached from it all.

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    Omar Beretta
3 min
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Indigenous Lessons

Imagine this: you switch off your iPhone now, pack your backpack, and get lost in a tropical jungle in search of powerful lessons from Indigenous communities.

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    Omar Beretta
4 min
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Chamanismo y Disidencia Sexual

Malestar urbano, malestar humano, disidencia sexual y respuestas chámanicas.

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    Omar Beretta
1 min
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Lima Express

Personas en Loop y Novias Express en 60 Segundos

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    Omar Beretta
1 min
Extracto

Disneyland on Acid

We raced like thunder, dodging traffic. I hoped that the adrenaline of the ride would make me feel alive, but it was not happening.

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    Omar Beretta
2 min
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The BDSM closet

When is it the right time to open up to those around us about BDSM practices?

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    Omar Beretta
5 min
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Shaman Express - Trailer 2

Podés ver el Trailer 1 aquí [https://yacarevolador.com/shaman-express-book-trailer/] Podés comprar la novela Shaman Express aquí [https://www.amazon.com/Shaman-Express-Beretta-Rousseau/dp/1911195808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524667974&sr=

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Author Interviews: Omar Beretta

When I was seven years old I read Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer. I realized that, by comparison to the novel, life with my family was boring, so I put a few things in a cardboard box and left my home.

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    Omar Beretta
5 min
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Where the Experts Holiday: Omar Beretta, Travel Writer

I especially like second-hand travel guides that have notes or drawings from previous travelers.

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    Omar Beretta
6 min
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Asunción Express

Divagues y cavilaciones posteriores a la publicación de Shaman Express, sin otra conclusión más que exaltar los beneficios de bailar rodeado de amigos.

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    Omar Beretta
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