The shamans ‘visionary’ world, the world with spirits and other dimensions have always been a world of mystery for others. Experts and literary critics have
In the Amazons, it is maintained that whoever works with the Holy Plants maintain restrictive diet and sexual abstinence, as the Holy Plants spirits could
The future of shamanism in the Upper Amazons is developing in many ways, as well as declining in other ways. Developing situation of shamanism in
In the Amazons, shamans are often the primary and sometimes only source of receiving healing from sickness or illness for the indigenous people. Shamans as
Although being a shaman holds tremendous prestige in the Amazons, there are some very serious inherent risks, specifically main four reasons: Danger no. 1 –
Beliefs about sickness or illness can be classified as external or internal. External are causes which are beyond the body – such as ‘evil eye’,
As Carl Laderman and Marina Roseman puts it “All medical encounters, no matter how mundane are dramatic episodes.” In that context, a parallel can be
A chacra is an area in the Forest, made by clearing an area of forest, burning the felled trees and other vegetation, clearing the movable
It is believed in the Amazons that Holy Plants love ‘sharp, strong, sweet smells’. Therefore, to protect against malevolent persons ad their pathogenic projectiles, one
The Holy Medicine of the Divine Mother Ayahuasca has been revered by communities in the Amazons and other places in the world through ages. The
