We all think we create new things. We walk through life with the certainty that our ideas, thoughts, emotions, and even likings are all unique and special. The same thing happens with technology and this totally modern existence we call hacking. But is it really a new concept, or was it already out there, and we just didn't know about it?

Look, I'm a Millennial, and I saw it all happen. I also saw what I call the new age hackers being born. What I don't know is if we, as a society, understand that for thousands of years, Shamans have been already hacking life, systems, and even entire cultures. Did you know that?

In my last post, I shared with you that one of the environments I participate in is the non-profit world, being the co-founder and vice-president of Casa de Cura (an organization supporting indigenous communities to turn their dreams and projects into reality by handling all the "white" bureaucracy contained in a project).

As part of my own healing, practices, research, work, and life, I am in profound contact with shamanic practices and ancient rituals. I can say I consider myself both a spiritual hacker as well as a shaman punk. These are two very complex things to express without creating some level of judgment from people in either world, but since it is a reality, I come forward with the intention of always making aware how deeply shamans and hackers are related.

Before I dive deeper into this shamanic hacking world, it's important to share that Christianity did us all the "favor" of demonizing shamans and ancient wisdom all over the world. In Brazil and South America, Indigenous Peoples have been enduring violence, extinction, and demonization since European arrival in the 1500s.

Nowadays, even though we are becoming more conscious and aware of the importance of honoring and supporting the guardians of ancestral knowledge, there is still mistrust and a lack of understanding about ancient rituals. At the same time, we are living through another powerful boom of the psychedelic revolution, where more and more people are accessing sacred medicines, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and even psychedelics for recreational use. Spirituality is becoming a widely discussed topic.

So maybe now is the perfect time to start understanding a little better how spirituality and technology reverberate each other. Perhaps we can stop reproducing obsolete Christian behavior and create a new kind of awareness that understands, instead of demonizing shamans, while also nurturing a culture that understands better what hacking means. Maybe.

Let's dive in.

First of all, we need to understand that there is way more to reality than meets the eye, and that literally everything is about energy—the more condensed the energy, the more material it will feel. I would also like to highlight that just as we can manipulate and even hack the data in our tech world, we can also manipulate and hack energy and energetic fields, dense or subtle.

No, I haven't made any groundbreaking discoveries here, as all ancient civilizations already knew this. Not only have they developed what I think are the most amazing technologies in history (yes, technology doesn't need to be electric), they also manipulated energy extensively. The higher a person's position, the deeper their knowledge of the occult would be.

Throughout history and all over the world, people and cultures who have truly connected to nature and spirit have comprehended that everything is intertwined, making energy work a really powerful tool to have access to, but also a dangerous one. First, because once we access power, it becomes our choice how to use it, and just as everything on Earth has its light and shadow, energy work can easily go both ways. Second, because the moment you access this knowledge, you become a threat to the system, to the status quo. Sound familiar, hackers?

Why do you think all ancient civilizations were extinct, Jesus was crucified, witches were burned, and indigenous and black ethnicities have been enslaved, tortured, and massively killed? Because they were all hackers. Powerful Spiritual Hackers, Shamans. And did they all use their energy for good? Of course not.

To give you a little more insight into shamanic practices, I would like to tell you about one of the infinite cosmologies of ancient wisdom, focusing on indigenous people from the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, more specifically the ethnicities Yawanawá, from the linguistic branch Panô.

As part of my private research and rituals, I visited the indigenous Yawanawá in their village, deep in the Brazilian Amazon Forest, in December of last year. I chose to tell you this story from this cosmology's perspective because, unlike all the examples I mentioned above, these indigenous people only met whites and blacks for the first time in the early 1900s. This means they were able to maintain their practices for much longer than most.

After a 2-day journey, I arrived in what I call Forest Royalty Land, the Mutum Village in Acre, where the leaders (men and women) come from a long line of powerful shamans and masters. During the journey, I met many of these leaders, including Hushahu, the first-ever female indigenous shaman in Brazil, who hosted our small group at her beautiful traditional home, and whose teachings are part of my studies.

While there, I also met Hushahu's younger sister, Julia, an amazing woman and teacher with whom I connected profoundly. Her indigenous association, then became one of the projects Casa de Cura is supporting: creating a traditional Yawanawá School, honoring her late father's dream to bring back the original ways of teaching the children and teenagers of the community.

As we started working on the project, we had to talk a lot about their culture and history. For me, that was a truly exciting opportunity to learn directly from the source. Julia told me that until the arrival of rubber extractors in the early 1900s, they had kept their practices very alive. Part of this cosmology views the Shaman as the most powerful position within their community. But what does this mean, and how does this relate to anything?

As I mentioned before, ancient knowledge is about integration. It knows that spiritual, material, nature, humans, and animals are one and the same. It knows energy and energetic fields can be manipulated for good and bad, and it knows that shamans are those who are sensitive enough to know about it and use it to their advantage. This opens a door for them to cross dimensions of time and space, infiltrate systems and change their settings, save and heal, or even harm and kill someone.

For the Yawanawá, having a powerful Shaman in your family to protect you was very important. This gave Shamans an important but dangerous place in the community, and some of them did use their power to kill people, threaten families (who then gave their unborn daughters to them as a way of being protected), and also to steal things from people. Steal things? Yeah, energy. Shamans are also able to invade your consciousness and steal your talents, your energy, your life, leaving nothing but a body behind. Being invaded and robbed by a Shaman is just like being invaded by a hacker—you didn't even see it happening, and now there's nothing left.

Were all the Shamans evil? No, of course not. The same goes for hackers. The Yawanawá have a brilliant lineage of incredible shamans, great teachers, and masters who have made sure their knowledge and wisdom were kept safe and passed on through generations. Did these brilliant shamans invade people's fields to steal? No. But they did infiltrate, hack, transform, and heal not only the lives of many of their people but their entire history, nurturing what they already called the New Era.

As Julia continued telling me, after the rubber extractors arrived in the early 1900s, missionaries followed, and so began the demonization and erasure of their culture. This made shamans stop practicing, hide, and even forget their spiritual and energetic abilities—until maybe 20 years ago, when the Yawanawá reunited to bring their wisdom, practices, and rituals back.

I asked Julia if this cultural recovery has brought back shamanic practices, and she said yes. But, "because our men are so weak nowadays, do to a long period of comunal alcoholism and loss of practices, there is no more need or space for evil shamanic practices, no need to give their daughters to any men in return for protection, and mainly no more will to further and nurture harmful practices. Instead, they are focusing on reviving ancient healing chants "Saitis", plant medicines "Nie Pei", sacred medicines like ayahuasca and rapé "Uni and Rume", sacred geometries "Kenes", as well as rituals like the "Mariri", ceremonies and intense spiritual diets, like the "Muka", basically nurturing all that enables life, not only for them but for all humankind.

For example, Hushahu has been on the highest diet (spiritual endurance ritual) within their cosmology since May of this year. She has eaten the heart of the jibóia (the boa constrictor) and will be isolated in the forest for a year, with the spirits and nothing but ayahuasca, to pray for humanity. Note that only one shaman has come out of this diet alive, and that the jibóia is the most sacred animal in the spiritual and natural kingdom, serving as the spiritual guide for the Yawanawá and other ethnicities from the Panô branch.

What do you think a diet or a ritual is? The perfect environment for hacking. And what do you think this shaman woman is doing? Hacking her life, the life of her people, the information contained within the DNA of her entire tradition, as never in history has a woman gone into this diet, she is hacking Life itself. And are you being hacked by it right now, without even knowing it? Definitely, our entire history is being hacked by this woman's diet. And do I think she is being hacked by hackers? Off course. We are all intertwined, way more then we are capable to grasp.

As we stand at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern technology, we find ourselves in a unique position to bridge two worlds that are more alike than we ever imagined. The shamanic hackers of old and the digital hackers of today share a common thread—the ability to see beyond the veil of ordinary reality and manipulate the underlying systems that govern our world.

In this age of rapid technological advancement and spiritual awakening, we have the opportunity to learn from both worlds. We can harness the power of shamanic practices to bring healing and balance to our increasingly digital lives, while using our technological prowess to preserve and share the ancient wisdom that has guided humanity for millennia.

As we move forward, let us approach both shamanic wisdom and modern hacking with respect, understanding, and a sense of responsibility. Let us recognize that with great power comes great responsibility, whether we're manipulating code or energy fields. By integrating these seemingly disparate realms, we can create a future where technology and spirituality coexist harmoniously, each enhancing and informing the other.

So, the next time you sit down at your computer or pick up your smartphone, remember that you're not just a user of technology—you're a potential shamanic hacker, capable of transforming not only digital realms but the very fabric of reality itself. The question is: How will you use this power? Will you hack for healing, for growth, for the betterment of all? The choice, as it has always been for shamans and hackers alike, is yours.

If you were interested in this story, if you feel compelled to support me and Casa de Cura on our journey to supporting the Yawanawá people, from Aldeia Mutum, to build their communities traditional school "Raimundo Tuikuru” (the name of Hushahus and Julias father), please feel free to contact me and or donate here.

Wishing us more and more integration.