[pagan-magik] RE: Anthony..Mama Coca

[raga woods]

NB
We cannot organise the event at LARC for various reasons.....sorry!
The other London events with Anthony are going ahead at Unity Works and 
Project 142. He will be speaking around 9.0.pm at 142.
If there are people who want to get to meet Anthony get back to me. On 
Saturday he will be speaking about coca as a herb of healing.
He is an extraordinary guy and is watching Latin America closely...not a 
pretty picture but something we should all be tuning into if we want to 
understand what is going on all over the world and make the connections.
Coca is a sacred plant and it is under attack...or is it really the people 
who draw strength from it who are the target...and why is the US spending so 
much energy on creating this confusion?


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>Subject: [pagan-magik] RE: Anthony..Mama coca
>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:02:15 +0100
>
>Please be aware of the visit of Anthony Henman who wrote MAMA COCA in 
>1978....still current in relation to the onslaught on the indigenous 
>populations of Latin America and the outrageous mis-information that is fed 
>to us in the West.
>Please do all you can to spread this info about his talks and if you want 
>more specific info get back to me.
>
>>This is an overview of Anthoy's book, published in 1978, from the cover.
>
>He will be speaking at Unity Works, next to Hackney Wick Station. Sat. July 
>23ed. Call Olivia, 07976 350 505
>
>At Project 142, 142 Lea Bridge Rd, Hackney, on Sunday eve, the following 
>day, just go along for the regular Sun eve party-gathering. This Sunday is 
>going into Day Out Of Time with Paradox.
>if you really have to...... call Dave, 079 505 009 79
>
>and we hope at LARC in Whitechapel on Tuesday eve. Call Terasa of Latin 
>American Network to check  0788 199 0631
>
>>Mama Coca.
>>
>>'With all the noteriety currently associated with cocaine, it is perhaps 
>>surprising to note how little attention has been directed at the coca leaf 
>>itself - source of illicit white powder - and particularly at the real, as 
>>opposed to merely sensational, dimensions of the cocaine industry and the 
>>so called 'war on drugs' in S America
>>Being conceived as a quest for the mythological spirit which resides 
>>within the coca bush,' Mama Coca' is both an indicment of the 
>>monopolization of the cocaine traffic by the reactionary security forces, 
>>and a passionate defence of the habit of chewing coca leaves in their 
>>natural, unrefined state. The book first examines the overall cultural and 
>>economic history of coca in the Andes, and then concentrates on the way 
>>the plant is cultivated, prepared and consumed by one particular group of 
>>coca adepts, the Paez Indians of Cauca, Colombia.
>>The book is a libertarian analysis of the role of coca in the broader 
>>context of Paez magical and medicinal practices, and an understanding of 
>>its significance in the struggle which these Indians are currently waging 
>>in defence of their land and their cultural integrity.'
>>
>>The book is now out of print, but i believe Anthony is working on an a new 
>>version.
>>For anyone interested in coca as a herb the book contains a botanical 
>>study and explores many misconceptions and claims. Totally fascinating.
>>Maybe some sections could be photocopied.
>>Anyway, Anthony would be interested to share some current information 
>>about the situation as it is now developing in 2005.
>He lives in Peru and is an anthropologist. This is an opportunity to see 
>what lies behind the  reality management we are offered by the US gov.
>>
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