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In 1996 Joan Parisi Wilcox traveled to the Andes and was able to record the mysteries of kawsay pacha, the multidimensional world of living energy, through more than 40 hours of intensive interviews with six Q’ero paqos, masters of the ancient spiritual traditions of Peru. The Q’ero are known for having preserved the Inca spiritual tradition more purely than any other indigenous population in the Andes. The in-depth interviews presented in this book recount the direct words of these masters so readers can discover for themselves the mind and heart space of these people. Four new chapters of this revised edition focus on the work of the mesa, the Andean form of a spiritual medicine bundle, and its use as a conduit for the healing energies of nature. The mesa is called the “heart’s fire” because it represents the finest energy--the energy of compassion--that a paqo cultivates while walking the sacred path. Wilcox provides instructions on how to make, activate, and work with a mesa, as well as other practical exercises showing how we can use the power of the Andean spiritual tradition in our own lives.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781594770128","publication_date":"20040712","publisher":"Inner Traditions/Bear & Company","slug":"masters-of-the-living-energy","subtitle":"The Mystical World of the Q'ero of Peru","title":"Masters of the Living Energy"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"OCC036030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Shamanism","score":0.7642,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"OCC011010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Energy Healing","score":0.7287,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"OCC011020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Prayer & Healing","score":0.7237,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"OCC036030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Shamanism","score":0.7642,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"OCC011010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Energy Healing","score":0.7287,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"OCC011020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Prayer & Healing","score":0.7237,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"OCC012000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Mind & Spirit","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SOC002010","confidence_band":"high","label":"How Cultures Work","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SOC008000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Ethnic Studies","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Shamanism","score":0.7642,"slug":"shamanism"},{"label":"Energy Healing","score":0.7287,"slug":"energy-healing"},{"label":"Prayer & Healing","score":0.7237,"slug":"prayer-healing"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in Andean spiritual traditions and cosmology","Readers seeking practical exercises based on Andean spiritual practices"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Carlos Castaneda"],"book_id":"9780671732486","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780671732486.jpg?v=d6eea3f7dd67d092","score":0.6846,"title":"Power of Silence","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780671732486"},{"authors":["Sandra Ingerman, MA","Hank Wesselman, Ph.D."],"book_id":"9781591797500","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781591797500.jpg?v=b35b04ab3c5f0f81","score":0.67,"title":"Awakening to the Spirit World","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781591797500"},{"authors":["Mantak Chia"],"book_id":"9781594771132","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781594771132.jpg?v=e953f5dffece9bc8","score":0.6591,"title":"Healing Light of the Tao","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781594771132"},{"authors":["Sue Morter"],"book_id":"9781501169311","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781501169311.jpg?v=181e9b873d7de6a9","score":0.6565,"title":"The Energy Codes","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781501169311"},{"authors":["Penelope Quest"],"book_id":"9781101983263","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781101983263.jpg?v=34721c7f4f997a67","score":0.654,"title":"Reiki for Life","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781101983263"},{"authors":["John Forrest","Julia Porturas"],"book_id":"9781787022805","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781787022805.jpg?v=cb087e5cd416ccc8","score":0.6533,"title":"Peru - Culture Smart!","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781787022805"},{"authors":["Pir Zia Inayat Khan","Amruta Patil"],"book_id":"9798888501825","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9798888501825.jpg?v=ede84b7f9bfa4f31","score":0.6499,"title":"Tears From the Mother of the Sun","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9798888501825"},{"authors":["Richard Gordon"],"book_id":"9781556435942","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781556435942.jpg?v=7de046ef1565037e","score":0.6491,"title":"Quantum-touch","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781556435942"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:spiritual"],"label":"Spiritual","score":0.0362,"slug":"spiritual"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:ancient"],"label":"Ancient","score":0.0259,"slug":"ancient"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Andean spiritual traditions, Peruvian spiritual cosmology, Healing and compassion.","Themes: Spiritual, Ancient.","Reading lane: Shamanism and Energy Healing."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.95,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Readers interested in Andean spiritual traditions and cosmology","Readers seeking practical exercises based on Andean spiritual practices"],"themes":["Andean spiritual traditions","Peruvian spiritual cosmology","Healing and compassion"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":87,"goodreads_reviews_count":7,"quality_score":0.8563}}