EP 10: What are the Coca Readings from the Q'ero all about?
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So what are Coca Readings all about? And why are they so important in the High Andean Q'ero tradition? In this episode we go into the importance of the coca plant, its energetics and how the Q'ero came into this method of communication with Mother Earth (Pachamama) and the Sacred Mountains (Apus).
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