Gracia Divina is pleased to be co-organizing a 10-day dieta retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, facilitated by Don Jose Campos, an esteemed meztizo maestro in the lineage of Don Solon Tello.

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Retreat Dates
May 1st to May 11th, 2024

Retreat Schedule
Tuesday, April 30th – arrival in Pucallpa, Peru
Wednesday, May 1st – transportation to Campo Munay
Thursday, May 2nd – first ceremony
Saturday, May 4th – second ceremony
Monday, May 6th – third ceremony
Wednesday, May 8th – fourth ceremony
Friday, May 10th – fifth ceremony
Saturday, May 11th – transportation from Campo Munay
Sunday, May 12th – departure from Pucallpa

The total cost of the dieta retreat is $1500

This includes:
dieta plant(s) formulation
5 ceremonies
all meals
transportation to/from Pucallpa airport to guesthouse, and from the guesthouse to Campo Munay
shared accommodation in guesthouse (2 nights)
private tambo accommodation at Campo Munay (10 nights)

Not included:
airfare to/from Pucallpa, Peru

Discretion

Do not post this invitation to social media, nor forward beyond your trusted contacts.  Please use discretion.  Registrants unfamiliar to GDC may be required to participate in a screening interview to determine eligibility.

Cost

Registration requires an online deposit of $600.  The $900 balance will be paid in CASH upon arrival in Pucallpa.  Spaces are limited.  Please be advised deposits are non-refundable and non-transferable, unless the event is wait-listed or canceled.  In the event of a wait-list transfer, there will be a $200 fee.

Dieta

“What exactly is a dieta retreat?” you may ask.  It’s an intensive dive into Amazonian medicine ways.  Unlike a retreat where we come together for two or three consecutive night ceremonies with our sacramental plants, a dieta is much longer – and it incorporates another featured (non-entheogenic) medicine plant or plant blend, which is consumed as a daily tea.  Group ceremonies are held every other day.  Food is limited to two very basic meals per day, for the purpose of clearing and opening us up to the healing properties of the plant(s) on which we’re concentrated.

Pucallpa

Participants will land by air in the bustling jungle town of Pucallpa, Peru, and stay the first night in Don Jose’s guesthouse.  This is a great place to get to know the other participants, as they arrive from all over the world, and to share some delicious meals prepared by the guesthouse staff.  There will also be time to venture out to the traditional markets, to view local art, etc.

Campo Munay

The location of the dieta retreat itself is a 3 1/2 hour drive from Pucallpa, then a half hour boat ride, then a half hour hike (!) into the deep jungle.  All the travel is worth it.  Campo Munay is a large expanse of land and water, lovingly cared for by Don Jose and his team for decades.  It holds a camp kitchen for group meals, many individual tambos (think permanent glamping structures, each with a real bed, hammock, and desk), and a generous maloka ideal for ceremony in the jungle.  The natural beauty itself is a divine sanctuary, and – at least the times I’ve visited – the bugs have not been bad.

Lineage

Don Jose Campos has been practicing these modalities for forty years.  He has worked extensively in his homeland of Peru and also toured the world.  He has written a beloved nonfiction book and also recorded a classic album (under an alias).  Although Jose is not personally affiliated with Gracia Divina’s lineage holder Cristina, they know of and respect one another’s work – and they share a common teacher in the late Solon Tello.  The two sing many of the same songs: it’s fascinating to observe a more masculine expression of the icaros we’ve been singing for years with Cristina and GDC ministers.  Many students of Cristina work with Jose, and vice versa.

Testimonial

I have had the pleasure of doing a first dieta retreat with Jose Campos in summer 2015, and a second in spring 2023: both were quite profound, and they deepened my personal practice.  I was so inspired by my last retreat, and by Don Jose’s work, I began discussions on bringing a group down to meet him the following year.  I hope you’ll join us!  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best wishes,

Jason @ Gracia Divina