Singing to the Plants - A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Beyer Stephan V. Paperback
Singing to the Plants - A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Beyer Stephan V. Paperback In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the…
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Singing to the Plants - A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Beyer Stephan V. Paperback
In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the indigenous peoples of the jungle. They have retained features of a folk Catholicism and traditional Hispanic medicine, and have incorporated much of the religious tradition of the Amazon, especially its healing, sorcery, shamanism, and the use of potent plant hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. Some mestizos have migrated to Amazon towns and cities, such as Iquitos and Pucallpa; most remain in small villages.
Ayahuasca shamanism is now part of global culture. The result is a uniquely eclectic shamanist culture that continues to fascinate outsiders with its brilliant visionary art. Once the terrain of anthropologists, it is now the subject of novels and spiritual memoirs, while ayahuasca shamans perform their healing rituals in Ontario and Wisconsin.Singing to the Plants