The Munay-Ki Rites and Initiations – come from various tribes and peoples of Andes and Amazon
To view a description of each Rite, go here: https://starshamanmessenger.com/what-are-the-munay-ki-rites/
Munay-Ki is refined by Dr. Alberto Villoldo who studied the rites of the Inka Shamans with a number of mentors over a period of years living with them in the Andes Mountains of Peru throughout the Andes and the Amazon. The energy of Munay-Ki Rites are profound and powerful. The form and substance of the Rites had been codified into a modern form of transmitting the initiations to empower us in our transformation journey.
A message from Dr. Alberto Villoldo:
“The Rites of passage and initiation have been practiced for millennia by all peoples in the Earth.
The rites of the Munay-Ki are based on initiatory practices of the shamans of the Andes and the Amazon. They are stripped of all trace of the indigenous cultures they come from. I did this to respect the native traditions, and to avoid the idea that persons from the West can become traditional shamans or Indians.
I offer these rites with full permission from my teacher, Don Manuel Quispe, who was the last great medicine man of the Q’ero Inka nation. Any fault or flaw in their presentation is exclusively my own.”
Foundational Rites
Rite 1: The Healer’s Rite is known as the Hampe blessing and comes from the highland Q’ero people.
Rite 2: The Bands of Power were transmitted by Juan Victor Nuñez del Prado, a friend and colleague, whose father was one of the discoverers of the Q’ero nation.
Rite 3: The Harmony Rite comes from the lowland Q’ero, the Huachipayre people from the edge of the Amazon. I learned it from don Alejandro Cahuanchi, a renowned healer.
Rite 4: The Seer’s rite is practiced among the North Coast peoples of Peru, (the descendants of the Chimu and Moche cultures), and by the seers and trackers of the Amazon.
Linage Rites
Rite #5: The Daykeeper’s Rite is known among the Andean Paqos as the Pampamesayok, referring to the lowlands and valleys of the ‘pampa’, and to the mesa or altar.
Rite 7: The Wisdomkeeper’s Rite is known among the Andean Paqos as the Altomesayok rite, referring to the high mountains of the Andes. Don Manuel Quispe was the great Altomesayok of Q’ero.
Rite 8: The Earthkeeper’s Rite is known among the Andean Paqos as the Kurak Akuyek rite, referring to the elder who ‘masticates’ the wisdom to nurture the young ones who follow.
Rite 9: The Starkeeper’s Rite is known as the Mosoq Karpay, which means the ‘new rite’ in the Qechua language. This rite announces and prepares one for the ‘time to come.’
Rite 10. The Creator Rite is known as the Taitanchis rite. The word Taitanchis literally translates as ‘God.’