Little Saints
Realizador Oliver Quintanilla
Países United States
Duração 98 min
Sinopse
Little Saints is the personal journey of six individuals from the United States, along with Director Oliver Quintanilla, they travel to the South of Mexico to meet a Shaman and take part of an ancient ritual for psychological and physical healing, a ritual that provides a very unique opportunity for spiritual advancement. Through the ingestion of psilocybe mushrooms, and guided by Mazatec Shaman Natalia, each member gets the opportunity to first acknowledge the reason why their ritual is being made, then during the journey, they get to look at those issues and find answers within themselves that could help them make the necessary adjustments, through prayer and energy cleansings, the Shaman purifies their spirits. The storyline follows Tas Limur and Jaime, a young married couple dealing with relationship struggles and personal goals, Sergio a man who faces depression after divorcing his wife, Natasha is dealing with a personal loss, David, a young man who’s struggling with asthma, and Lorrie, a woman suffering from social anxiety. Mixed with the storyline, specialists share their knowledge and experience about this powerful way to open the unconscious: Jose Luis Sanchez, Catholic Priest in Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca, Jeremy Narby, Ph. D., Anthropologist and Author, 'Shamans Through Time', 'Intelligence in Nature' and 'The Cosmic Serpent', Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist and Author, 'Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science', 'Realms of the Human Unconscious', 'The Adventure of Self Discovery', among others, Charles S. Grob, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, Author, 'Hallucinogens: A Reader', Richard Sandore M.D., Author, 'Living the Steps to Vibrancy, Juan Casimiro, Mazatec Cultural Researcher, Author of the First Grade Elementary Textbook, published by the Secretary of Public Education, titled 'Mazatec Language', in which two lessons about the sacred mushrooms are included, and Renato Pineda, Traditional Medicine Researcher, participated in the writing and research of the 'Traditional Mazatec Medicine Manual'.
Little Saints is the personal journey of six individuals from the United States, along with Director Oliver Quintanilla, they travel to the South of Mexico to meet a Shaman and take part of an ancient ritual for psychological and physical healing, a ritual that provides a very unique opportunity for spiritual advancement. Through the ingestion of psilocybe mushrooms, and guided by Mazatec Shaman Natalia, each member gets the opportunity to first acknowledge the reason why their ritual is being made, then during the journey, they get to look at those issues and find answers within themselves that could help them make the necessary adjustments, through prayer and energy cleansings, the Shaman purifies their spirits. The storyline follows Tas Limur and Jaime, a young married couple dealing with relationship struggles and personal goals, Sergio a man who faces depression after divorcing his wife, Natasha is dealing with a personal loss, David, a young man who’s struggling with asthma, and Lorrie, a woman suffering from social anxiety. Mixed with the storyline, specialists share their knowledge and experience about this powerful way to open the unconscious: Jose Luis Sanchez, Catholic Priest in Huautla de Jimenez, Oaxaca, Jeremy Narby, Ph. D., Anthropologist and Author, 'Shamans Through Time', 'Intelligence in Nature' and 'The Cosmic Serpent', Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist and Author, 'Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science', 'Realms of the Human Unconscious', 'The Adventure of Self Discovery', among others, Charles S. Grob, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine, Author, 'Hallucinogens: A Reader', Richard Sandore M.D., Author, 'Living the Steps to Vibrancy, Juan Casimiro, Mazatec Cultural Researcher, Author of the First Grade Elementary Textbook, published by the Secretary of Public Education, titled 'Mazatec Language', in which two lessons about the sacred mushrooms are included, and Renato Pineda, Traditional Medicine Researcher, participated in the writing and research of the 'Traditional Mazatec Medicine Manual'.