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24%u201cTHE MALOCA OF THE JAGUAR%u201dBecoming a shaman of the Jaguar People, is a profoundly transformative process that typically spans from 3 to 7 years. The journey involves extensive training, initiation, and personal development. In order to prepare Kan%u00e1 for his %u2018Rite of Passage%u2019, Tuma knows it%u2019s time to show and teach him about the Carijona%u2019s most priceless and divine secrets. This will be a lesson Kan%u00e1 will never forget.Both mentor and student head towards Chiribiquete%u2019s iconic tepuys. These rock formations are Chriibiquete%u2019s sacred nexus: the point where the spiritual energies of the heavens and earth converge. Some indigenous groups refer to these ancient icons as House of the Gods, but they are known by many other names as well (some of these are included below as sub titles in this sequence). Chiribiquete%u2019s tepuys are revered as a sanctuary of wisdom, and a place where the ancient knowledge and spiritual teachings of the Carijona are preserved and transmitted from generation to generation.Rising above the Chiribiquete%u2019s Amazonian rainforest, the tepuys are ancient Sentinels of time. The table-top rock formations, sit on one of the world%u2019s oldest rock formations in the world, the Guiana Shield. Laid down and compressed in layers, aeons of climatic erosion during Earth%u2019s different epochs are exposed for all the world to see. These rock formations are also unique and extraordinary from a biological perspective. They seemingly erupt 500m vertically from the rainforest floor. Like islands in the sky, tepui %u2018table-tops%u2019 are isolated from the forest below. Extreme and isolated conditions promote natural selection and this has resulted in an explosion of unique species.The tops of the tepuys are misty, dripping landscapes of dwarf forests;streams running through pink sand; rock formations eroded into weird convolutions; and fields of plants with naked stalks and tufted heads, like something out of Dr. Seuss. %u201cOtherworldly%u201d is a word that crops up often in descriptions of these places.Rare carnivorous plants that grow in colonies on the roof of the tepuis.