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The Heart of the Healer Shamanic Mystery School Presents

With don Oscar Miro-Quesada | August 8-10, 2025

“The survival of modern civilization hinges on the reintegration of the Earth’s laws into our private and public lives…The Earth is wise and whispers to us in a language of feelings…A sacred place is one where the Earth’s voice can be heard more clearly. Go to these places and listen.”
~Fredric Lehrman
 
“Ah, not to be cut off, not through the slightest partition shut out from the law of the stars. The inner – what is it? – if not intensified sky, hurled through with birds and deep with the winds of homecoming.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke

Come stand in the circle of Shining Ones, open to the wisdom that thrives in the land’s oldest songs, and return home to Pachamama, bearing the living pulse of her cosmically sanctified body deep in your heart.

Join don Oscar Miro-Quesada for a uniquely spellbinding weekend intensive weaving together the timeless soul animacy and earth-honoring ritual practices of ancestral Peruvian kamasqa curanderismo and paqokuna shamanism with the potent eco-spiritual guidance revealed in David Abram’s stunningly lyrical work, The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-than-Human World, and Patrick Harpurs’s imaginal masterpiece, Daimonic Reality: Understanding Otherworldly Encounters. Through ceremonial artistry, mythopoetic storytelling, and intimate contact with the living Earth, we will cultivate deep ecological awareness, revive the wild reciprocity of our senses, and participate in healing rituals that sing us back into kinship with all beings.

This three-day apprenticeship in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™ of universal shamanism, hermetic wisdom, and alchemical praxis is designed to highlight the importance of making space for paradox and uncertainty in choosing the healing ripples we desire to cast upon the world. Ultimately, it ensures that every attendee carries the flame of transformation far beyond the workshop’s close – becoming ongoing scribes and magicians of their own Great Work.

Practitioners of Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™ cross-cultural shamanism learn that their Mesa Curandera or Banco Curanderíl (lineage sanctified shamanic healing altar ground) is an animacy-laden microcosm of our living Earth and self-reflexive ekpyrotic macrocosm capable of mirroring Creation’s interstellar pleroma.

In regularizing our depth of practice, we become conscious collaborators in personal and planetary evolution by lovingly tending to its powers with reverence and creativity. In parallel fashion, David Abram's and Patrick Harpur’s unpretentiously mythopoeic wisdom whisperings reawaken our embodied perception, re-sensitizing us to the voice of wind, water, stones, and stars.

During this weekend intensive, you’ll engage in individual and collective soul-nurturing ritual artistry designed to radically dissolve any pernicious remnants associated with the illusion of separation and restore an animating sense of enchantment in communion with our sentient natural world and broader cosmos. You will be embraced by a co-creative atmosphere of reverence, conviviality, and deep love for our world. You’ll discover new shamanic avenues for honoring the deep human urge to reconnect with the Ultimate, to live in communion with what is Ineffable, and to joyously invite the experience of unitive relationality with The Way known to our Great Originating Mystery into your life.

Because the experiential flow of this singular weekend intensive was meticulously designed to embody Abram’s and Harpur’s poignant insights on the human longing for rapture, prepare to be forever changed in how you perceive, communicate with, and celebrate the shimmering tapestry of life that sustains us all.

At the close of FROM STAR SEED TO STAR BEING, you’ll depart with:

  • A deepened trust in the imaginal presence of Soul – forging an intimate channel to your inner compass.
  • A heightened reverent relationship of honoring Spirit – feeling guided by luminous, invisible forces.
  • A fully opened and love flowering Heart – capable of holding paradox and radiating compassion.
  • A fearless and wisely transformed Mind – equipped with ancestral Andean visionary wherewithal and expanded cognitive abilities to release limiting beliefs.
  • A sensorial harmonized and functionally healed Body – more vibrantly anchored in personal sovereignty and bio-etheric evolutionary purpose.

We look forward to journeying with you into this realm of wonder!

BLAZING MOUNTAIN RETREAT CENTER, CRESTONE, COLORADO

Blazing Mountain Retreat Center was created as a sacred and protected space for guests to explore the richness and depth of their most fundamental self, through connection with their spiritual tradition and their community. Blazing Mountain is located in Sangre de Cristo mountains of southern Colorado. With clean and simple rooms, a kitchen dedicated to serving nutritious and sustainable meals, and a remote setting, it’s the ideal location for those looking to deepen their connection to themselves and to our shared world.

SPECIAL ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY | 3pm Sunday, Aug 10 - 3pm Monday Aug 11

“I attended Garry’s class in May 2024. Garry created and held a sacred container for us to learn as he shared his knowledge and wisdom from years of practice, in a way that was clear, concise and easy to follow. I will forever be grateful for all that I received. Thank you Aguila Negra!”
~Emma (Chio) Robalino-Rivas

SACRED STAFFS, BLOSSOMING SOULS:
A Pachakuti Mesa Shamanic Apprenticeship in the Ceremonial Artistry and Medicine Virtues of the Vara Maestra and Seguro Mayor de Mesada CuranderĂ­l

Facilitated by PMT Sanctioned Teacher Garry ‘Aguila Negra’ Caudill, a respected figure in our shamanic community with over 30 years of experience.

This experientially immersive, hands-on shamanic workshop invites you to embark on a transformative journey into the heart of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition. Rooted in the profound wisdom of the kamasqa lineage, this apprenticeship illuminates the art and spirit of working with ceremonial Varas (ritual staffs) as powerful tools for healing, empowerment, and spiritual alignment.

Through guided practices, you’ll explore the ancient principles of sympathetic magic and imitative morphology, learning to properly select, care for, and ceremonially wield the medicine powers contained in these sacred artifacts. Experience the alchemy of Florecimientos (the awakening of dormant potential), Limpias (ritual cleansing of energetic blockages), and Transmisión de Poder Kamasqero (initiation into shamanic virtue and power).

Delve deeper into the mystical dimensions of the North Coast curandero lineage by balancing your Poqpo (bio-etheric energetic field) through the activation of your three sacred energy centers: Willka Qosqo (Sacred Center), Hatun Sonqo (Universal Heart), and Hanan Uma (Higher Mind). With compassion (Munay), right action (Llankay), and visionary wisdom (Yachay), align your journey with the sacred flow of life.

You’ll also create your personal Seguro Mayor, a shamanic artifact embodying ceremonial safety and spiritual grounding. This heart-centered tool will anchor, balance, and remind you of your essential sanctity and soul’s path.

Join us to deepen your appreciation of the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition, harmonize with the seen and unseen dimensions of the natural world, and blossom into your highest potential as a heart-awakened practitioner. Together, we weave a community of sacred service and ceremonial beauty, fostering personal growth and transformation.

Come ready to awaken, balance, and empower your soul’s journey in profound alignment with the wisdom of the ancients.


This workshop with Garry Caudill is being offered as an additional program, available only to participants attending FROM STAR SEED TO STAR BEING with don Oscar Miro-Quesada. 

The option to register will be available during checkout and includes tuition, meals and lodging from 3:00 pm Sunday the 10th through 3:00 pm Monday the 11th.

SACRED STAFFS, BLOSSOMING SOULS WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEE: $400

NOTE: The What to Bring list for Sacred Staffs, Blossoming Souls workshop will be emailed to participants prior to the workshops.

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Arrival & Check-in Friday August 8th, 2:00pm-5:00pm
From Star Seed to Star Being with don Oscar Miro-Quesada
Friday Evening, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Saturday Morning 9:00am-12:00
Saturday Afternoon 2:00pm-5:00pm
Saturday Evening 7:00pm-10:00pm
Sunday 9:30am-12:30pm
Optional Sacred Staffs, Blossoming Souls Workshop with Garry Caudill
Sunday 3:00pm through Monday 3:00pm

PRICING & REGISTRATION

Retreat Accommodation Options

At this time, all of the single rooms and rooms with private bathrooms, which are limited in number at this retreat center, are sold out. We do apologize and understand this type of lodging is not ideal for some of you yet hope you will be open to these options. The bathrooms are spotless, spacious and offer an ample number of private shower and toilet stalls with plenty of sink and counter space. There is also a private bathroom without shower on the ground floor available for anyone to use.
We endeavored to offer affordable pricing for this retreat while hosting it
 in a beautiful, high vibrational location in nature, and we hope you fall in love with Blazing Mountain Retreat Center, as much as we have. We deeply appreciate and trust your openness, flexibility and adventurous spirit in joining us.

Each lodging price is for one person and includes tuition, lodging & meals beginning dinner Friday August 8th through lunch Sunday August 10th. Please take a moment to watch the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center 3 min. video tour to familiarize yourself with the grounds and lodging options. 

Additional retreat option with Garry Caudill: $400 includes tuition, lodging and meals from 3:00 pm Sunday the 10th through 3:00 pm Monday the 11th. This option will be available during check-out.

Cancellation Policy

Prior to July 11, 2025 - you will receive a full refund minus $150 administrative fee
July 11 - August 1, 2025 - you will receive a 50% refund
NO REFUNDS AFTER AUGUST 1st, 2025

FROM STAR SEED TO STAR BEING
WHAT TO BRING LIST

  • A small yet powerfully contained 24" x 24" square manta size upon which your primary Pachakuti Mesa Tradition directional artes (ceremonial items/shamanic power objects) and other complementary ritual artifacts can be configured.
  • A personal journal for giving written expression to your soul’s mythopoeic birthright, the visionary narratives of your journey experiences, and other insightful epiphanies.
  • A symbolic or physical representation of Thoth/Hermes Trismegistus (e.g., a statue, print, or sigil).
  • A small personal talisman, symbolic object, printed image, or photo for placement within the central altar space that embodies the visionary purpose behind this apprenticeship of making space for paradox and uncertainty in choosing the healing ripples we desire to cast upon the world.
  • A musical instrument/sacred sound maker of your preference: drums, rattles, whistling vessels, singing bowls, etc
  • A reusable water bottle.
  • A boundlessly open heart and expansive consciousness prepared for immersive self-inquiry and rewilding of the Western mind for remembering the soul.

If you are not familiar with creating a Pachakuti Mesa, please purchase The Pachakuti Mesa Tradition Starter Bundle in order to prepare for this retreat.

About don Oscar Miro-Quesada

A transpersonal psychologist, respected kamasqa curandero, altomisayoq adept, and Earth-honoring ritualist from Peru, don Oscar Miro-Quesada Solevo is the visionary co-founder of The Heart of The Healer (THOTH) Shamanic Mystery School, the originator of Pachakuti Mesa Tradition™ cross-cultural shamanism, author of Shamanism: Personal Quests of Communion with Nature and Creation, and Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life.

Aside from his extensive personal involvement and scholarly contributions related to the practice of cross-cultural shamanism, he has dedicated his life to the revitalization of aboriginal wisdom traditions as a means of restoring sacred trust between humankind and the natural world. Oscar is a Fellow in Ethnopsychology with the Organization of American States, Founding Counselor of the Inter-Spiritual Dialogue Committee, and Acting Member of the Source of Synergy Evolutionary Leaders Circle. His ceremonial work and shamanic apprenticeship programs have been featured on NPR, Sounds True, CNN, Univision, A&E, Discovery Channel and The History Channel’s Ancient Aliens.

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