#18- Mauro Reategui (Shamanic Artist)

In this 18th Episode of Chris Dyer's new Podcast show, he interviews his artist friend Mauro Reategui (@visionary_art_by_mauro).  Reategui is a visionary artist of the Amazonian jungle in Peru.  
They talk about how they met at the Temple of Visions Gallery in Los Angeles, growing up and making art in Pucallpa, studying painting with Pablo Amaringo, death threats from bad Shamans, the importance of working with a teacher for dietas, medicinal lessons, lessons in the darkness, learning to paint Ayahuasca visions, studying shamanism, not needing to do drugs to see visions and make art, Amazonian influences in his art, Dietas, the term shaman, travelling and exhibiting art, Lima as compared to the provinces of Peru, the growing appreciation of Peruvian visionary art, Ayahuasca culture in Peru, building a spiritual center in the jungle, the personal effects of COVID-19, and natural medicine to improve health