The Khuya Ceremony
Khuya means sacred object in Quechua, the language of the Q’ero, Indigenous descendants of the Inka. The Khuya Ceremony is part of their heritage. Although few Q’ero elders perform it today, thanks to Andean Priest and Mystic, Juan Nunez del Prado, who has taught it for dozens of years, it remains alive.
The Khuya Ceremony takes place within the soul, or energy bubble as the Q’ero call it. This is the field of living energy surrounding our physical bodies that expands, contracts, and defines our personal space (or lack of.) The purpose of the ceremony is to open, cleanse, and connect the energy centers, as well as empower, clear, and harmonize the bubble.
Our centers are connected via a series of chunpis—belts of energy and power. This interactive ceremony clears attachments, projections, and heavy energy from the soul. It leaves a person refreshed and in their own energy, sometimes for the first time in their lives.
Each time we perform the Khuya Ceremony, our relationship with our khuya stones deepens, and the more we use them, the more powerful they become.
A Chunpi Paqo is a person initiated to perform the Khuya Ceremony.
I was initiated by Juan in 1997 and have been working with my khuyas ever since. I’ve seen and experienced the benefits for recipients, including myself and also witnessed many healings, although Juan said that this is not the purpose. In the early 2000’s I discovered that the Khuya Ceremony can be used to help free a person from a dysfunctional past lodged within their soul, something I call Shamanic Rebirth.