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Illuminate Film Festival : January's Films Will Expand

Arts and Entertainment

January 4, 2023

From: Illuminate Film Festival

Happy New Year!
Expand Your Worldview In 2023 

Watch January's On-Demand Films

In the new year, connect to the web of life in new ways through these 3 mind-expanding films. Understand the deep power and sacredness the earth can reveal.

In the documentary series, Shamans of the Global Village, each episode looks at one shamanic plant medicine, and a western shaman that administers it. The series includes scientific data on these substances, as well as the altered state, and the subject experiences of people on these healing journeys.  More episodes to come...

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Join The Modern Shamanic Resurgence 

A documentary series examining indigenous entheogenic medicines and the modern shamanic resurgence.

Episode 1: What is a shaman in the 21st Century? How do they heal? Come on an intimate journey into the world of modern global shamanism with Western practitioners and see never before filmed footage of ancient medicine practices… Episode #1 goes to Mexico and features Dr. Octavio Rettig, a medical surgeon from the University of Guadalajara specializing in treating addictions. Rettig has trained with indigenous tribes and now uses the sacred toad medicine, tribal chants and spirit wisdom to shamanize his patients in ceremonial initiations and facilitate deep healing. Journey with us into a world of beauty, truth and awakening....

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Modern Global Shamanism  

Come on an intimate journey into the world of modern global shamanism with practitioners of ancient medicine practices.

Episode 2: Juan José Ramírez García, a man of knowledge via his cultural roots and experiences, explores peyote. He has participated in projects at an international level for the defense of the territories related to his culture. He is a musician, doctor, and peasant of labor, while having a name which symbolizes the sacred candle in the Wixárika language. He has formulated a curriculum of devotion to his habits and customs that evidences the search for the universality of being, while at the same time having a tremendous humor and attitude of service and sacrifice to his community and people.

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How Do We Return To Healthy Bodies?

Allergies, obesity, asthma, diabetes, auto-immune and intestinal disorders are all on the rise, with the incidence of some diseases doubling every ten years. New research points to changes in the ecosystem of microbes that live on and inside every one of us -- our microbiomes -- as a major cause. Hosted by Good Morning America's Becky Worley, and based on the book of the same name by B. Brett Finlay, PhD and Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, LET THEM EAT DIRT features families, doctors, and researchers who are sleuthing out what's harming our microbes -- and what we can do to reverse this dangerous trend.

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