Glossary
Shipibo
An indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon whose ceremonial traditions and vegetalismo lineage form a primary spiritual foundation of ECC's ceremonial practice.
The Shipibo-Conibo are an indigenous people of the Ucayali River basin in the Peruvian Amazon, with a population of approximately 35,000 people who maintain a living ceremonial tradition that includes deep mastery of plant medicine and ayahuasca ceremony. Their ceremonial knowledge — including icaros, the dieta, and the healing arts of vegetalismo — is among the most studied and respected of all Amazonian traditions.
The Shipibo are also known for their extraordinary textile art: intricate geometric patterns (kené) that are understood to be visual representations of the spiritual songs and visions received through ceremony. These designs carry spiritual information and are used in healing, in ceremony, and as a living map of the relationship between the visible and invisible worlds.
ECC's ceremonial lineage descends from teachers trained in the Shipibo tradition. We honor this lineage with gratitude and humility, recognizing that what we practice has been cultivated over centuries by the Shipibo people and received by our teachers through years of formal apprenticeship under Shipibo lineage holders. We do not claim to be Shipibo or to represent their community — we represent our own ministerial community and the transmission we have received.