Experiencies | Sagrada Coca Verde

COCA and I, in BOLIVIAN CHAPARE

Jan 20 2017

When I was running the solidarity operation Rayos de sol in Bolivian region of Chapare, men and women used to gather in the evening, at the light of the oil lamp, in front of the table where the little mat with the leaves was prepared.

Although not yet fully aware, I was passively taking part in the ritual of the sacred green Coca, absorbing the aura of ancestral heritages that had never before convened me so intensely; by then I had clearly caught the meaning of the sacred mystery of Coca in its communitarian dimension, however I was anxious to find out the real mechanisms by which Coca leaves were considered a source of physical and mental energy.

Jan 20 2017

The circle, broken and interrupted in 1994, of my experience in the Bolivian region of Chapare got apparently closed in the thin air of 4000 meters of La Paz …

I am deeply grateful to Felipe Cáceres García, Viceministro de Defensa Social, for receiving me with his usual openhearted friendship, hosting me in his Ministry, where I could compile some proposals on the beneficial use of the sacred green Coca, as well as fulfilling a duty of justice in the rehabilitation of my civil rights.