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The Encounter: Amazon Beaming Free FREE THE ENCOUNTER: AMAZON BEAMING PDF Petru Popescu,Simon McBurney | 448 pages | 13 Sep 2016 | PUSHKIN PRESS | 9781782272335 | English | London, United Kingdom The Encounter – Amazon Beaming | Wellcome Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu. Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu. One of the world's most provocative young writers and filmmakers tells the extraordinary story of Loren McIntyre's discovery of the Amazon's The Encounter: Amazon Beaming high in the Andes--and his kidnapping by a tribe of Mayoruna "cat people". A thrilling adventure in every sense, Amazon Beaming details a mindbending journey into the geographical--and spiritual--unknown. Full-color photographs One of the world's most provocative young writers and filmmakers tells the extraordinary story of Loren McIntyre's discovery of the Amazon's source high in the Andes--and his kidnapping by a tribe of Mayoruna "cat people". Full-color photographs. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published August 1st by Penguin Books first published More Details Original Title. Loren McIntyreLipitoare. Other Editions 9. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Amazon Beamingplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Amazon Beaming. If any Goodreaders are in NYC or the vicinity and can make it to see the play before it closes January 8th and moves out of the country, you can probably get half-price tickets at TKTS booths. The main story of both this play and the book written by Petru Popescue as if he witnessed things firsthand is National Geographic photographer and explorer Loren McIntyre's search for and residence with an elusive Amazonian tribe called Mayoruna, or cat people; they have cat-like tattoos and whisker piercings because they believe they are related to jaguars. The main drama of this story is McIntyre's experience of telepathy or the "Beaming" in the title with headman Barnacle and McIntyre's changing understanding of man's relationship to time—and exactly what time is. Eventually his personal experience of beaming and his later quest for the source of the The Encounter: Amazon Beaming River become a quest for true Source. I have no doubts about telepathy, but I was fascinated by the explanation for why some people experience it as a "first language" and others do not. I won't divulge this because it would be a spoiler. Another thing I found illuminating in the book as opposed to the play was learning that all the power-playing ego problems that plague civilizados have parallels in this indigenous tribe where there is female mutilation and abuse, prey animals treated like objects, there are rivalries, brutality, etc. There The Encounter: Amazon Beaming no idealism of tribal culture. But the one thing that is different is the tribe's experience of time and also their respect for the headman's abilities and directions—although he has to struggle to maintain his leadership. Whereas the play based on only the Mayoruna story—the first part of this book was so experiential The Encounter: Amazon Beaming the story sometimes got fuzzy, the book is clear and detailed; however about 50 of the last pages are history and geography that sometimes felt disorganized. It is such a detailed account of the Amazon River's history and exploration that it may appeal to travel, map, and geography aficionados and historians; I read it with a world atlas beside me and often felt like I was drowning in a swamp. As an editor, I'd have cut most of it, and picked up the final search for the source of the Amazon as it relates to the Mayoruna adventure. One of the first Mayoruna telepathic messages in the book—also used in the play—is: "Some of us are friends. The The Encounter: Amazon Beaming ended with McBurney's after-curtain chat wherein he told us that when he'd visited the Mayoruna and told them about his project, they responded, "Good. If you tell them this story, then they will know our story. Tell them that we exist. Sep 29, Lizzie marked it as to-read. Curious about reading this in connection to seeing Complicite's The Encounter. View 1 comment. Jul 12, Dennis Worden rated it it was amazing. What happens in this book is so wild it's hard to believe. Quite an amazing tale of deep Amazon adventure. The story of Loren McIntyre and his time in the Amazon is told in an unusual The Encounter: Amazon Beaming, in a The Encounter: Amazon Beaming and first and The Encounter: Amazon Beaming person and in a book of two halves. The main part of The Encounter: Amazon Beaming book is of his few weeks living with the Mayoruna tribe. The smaller part is of his short less than a week expedition to locate the source of the Amazon. There is an interesting epilogue where he returns to the Mayoruna after almost 20 years. McIntyre talks about the tribe's cleansing of the past to return to the "beginning" The story of Loren McIntyre and his time in the Amazon is told in an unusual way, in a mixture and first and third person and in a book of two halves. McIntyre The Encounter: Amazon Beaming about the tribe's cleansing of the past to return to the "beginning" where things were simpler and the risk of invasion from the whites was unknown. They also lived a life where things were done for the good of the tribe and individualism was unknown. He talks about a level of telepathy were the elders could communicate with him and he could somehow translate these thoughts into English. He also talks about various ceremonies involving hallucinogenics. Maybe the later had something to do with the former. I have mixed The Encounter: Amazon Beaming about the book. I am not sure the method of the story telling matched The Encounter: Amazon Beaming topic. It is an interesting and slightly bizarre account of a journalist's encounter with a remote Amazonian tribe and a few weeks spent in their ritualistic drug fuelled possible attempt to occupy a different time and space. The second part is about the discovery of one of the sources of the Amazon. Somehow the author neither has the mastery of the language to tell a good tale nor the prowess to connect The Encounter: Amazon Beaming two stories. Loren McIntyre's photography and McBurney's play both come across as enigmatic the It is an interesting and slightly bizarre account of a journalist's encounter with a remote Amazonian tribe and a few weeks spent in their ritualistic drug fuelled possible attempt to occupy a different time and space. Loren McIntyre's photography and McBurney's The Encounter: Amazon Beaming both come across as enigmatic themes worth exploring. Mar 07, Ray rated it really liked it. Definitely a fascinating read. I was somewhat wary going in about the hippy-sounding weirdness of McIntyre's The Encounter: Amazon Beaming with the Mayoruna headman, but thankfully McIntyre is an engaging narrator as channelled through Popescu The Encounter: Amazon Beaming least and never overdoes the mystic wonder. He's deeply curious, rather than evangelical, about what he experiences, and maintains a healthy level of reserve. It also helps that the book has so much more to offer, in his general experience of the tribe, the history of the Ama The Encounter: Amazon Beaming a fascinating read. It also helps that the book has so much more to offer, in his general experience of the tribe, the history of the Amazon and, in the final third, his own later attempt to find the river's source. Seeing this astonishing part of the world through his eyes is definitely a trip worth taking. Sep 28, Charleen Hird rated it liked it. Very interesting, even more so since it is based upon fact. The show was very true to the main events The Encounter: Amazon Beaming the book; am glad I read the book first. The middle section, upon searching for the source of the Amazon, was rather dry for me, so I skimmed it. I enjoyed the end of the book where Loren returns to see the Mayaruna twenty years later. It makes it a more beautiful story. Dec 28, Carol Booth rated it it was amazing. I found a very tattered copy in a charity shop. Once started it was hard to put down. A gripping account of one man's contact with an amazonian tribe. Have always been fascinated by The Encounter: Amazon Beaming Parry, but this is much closer to real life and yet includes a form of communication 'beaming', that civilisation would regard as paranormal. I feel privileged to have learned about the tribe and its magic. Feb 19, Marilynn rated it really liked it. The adventures of a National Geographic photographer who discovered the source of the Amazon River. In doing so, he made the first contact with an undiscovered tribe of Mayoruna in Southern Peru. After being kidnapped by the tribe, he relates his experiences of interacting within this ancient culture. Nov 12, Margy Levine Young rated it liked it. I found the odd word choices annoying until someone Jordan pointed out that the author is a Romanian writing in English.
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