The Visionary Art of Alexandre Segrégio

The 'arts gallery' of the current issue of one of my preferred magazines, Shaman's Drum, is dedicated to the fascinating work of the Brazilian visionary artist Alexandre Segregio. Since 1981 Segregio is involved with the Uniao do Vegetal, one of the so-called 'ayahuasca churches' of Brasil. Inspired by his participation in ayahuasca rituals, he very well depicts the magical atmosphere of the Amazonian forest, its rich fauna and flora and the powerful spirit world evocated during ceremonies by indigenous shamans. Unfortunately Segregio's site misses some of the beautiful paintings shown on Shaman's Drum, so I had to wander here and there on the web to find and post some of them here.
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