Vegetalismo: Shamanism Among the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon (Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion)

Map
......Page 7
Preface
......Page 8
Contents
......Page 4
1.1. Scope......Page 12
1.2. Shamanism......Page 14
1.5. Methodological considerations......Page 15
1.6. A survey of the scientific literature......Page 17
1.7. Organization of the material......Page 22
2.1. The Peruvian Amazon area
......Page 24
2.2. Iquitos and Pucallpa. Historical and 
socio-economic considerations......Page 26
2.3. Religious background of the area......Page 28
2.4. Tribal Amazonian shamanism: main characteristics......Page 29
2.5. Vegetalismo and vegetalistas: Amazonian 
mestizo shamanism......Page 30
2.6. The informants......Page 35
3.1. Shamanic initiation......Page 42
3.1.1. Don Emilio's account......Page 43
3.1.2. Don Jose's account......Page 45
3.1.3. Learning from an ant spirit......Page 46
3.1.4. Commentaries on the accounts......Page 49
3.2. The diet and sexual segregation......Page 50
3.3. The use of psychotropic plants in the Americas......Page 54
3.4. Ayahuasca: An overview......Page 56
3.5. Tribal uses of ayahuasca......Page 59
3.6. Learning from the plants......Page 61
3.7. The plant-teachers......Page 66
4.1. Spirit world......Page 72
4.1.01. The Chullachaqui......Page 73
4.1.02. The Sachamama......Page 76
4.1.03. The Yakumama
......Page 78
4.1.04. The Yakuruna......Page 79
4.1.05. The Sirena (mermaid)......Page 81
4.1.06. The Bufeo Colorado (pink river dolphin)......Page 83
4.1.08. The Tunchi......Page 86
4.1.10. The Inca motif......Page 88
4.2. The concept of arkana......Page 89
4.3. The helping spirits......Page 93
5.1. The magic melodies or icaros......Page 96
5.2. Icaros and plant-teachers......Page 100
5.3.1. Icaros for calling the spirit of a person, 
plant or animal......Page 103
5.3.2. Icaros to modify the effect of ayahuasca 
and other plant-teachers......Page 104
5.3.4. Icaros for healing......Page 106
5.3.6. Other kinds of icaros......Page 107
5.4. The magic phlegms......Page 109
5.5. The dichotomy good vs vegetalista......Page 115
6.1. Etiology of illness......Page 118
6.2. Diagnosis of illness......Page 121
6.3. Illness as a magic dart: A case study......Page 122
6.4. Extraction of the magic dart: Treatment......Page 124
6.8. Love magic......Page 134
6.9. Herbal baths......Page 135
7.1. ayahuasca sessions......Page 140
7.1.1. An ayahuasca session in the home 
of Don Emilio......Page 142
7.2. The role of ayahuasca: visions vs. cleansing......Page 147
7.3. Shamanic journeys......Page 151
Conclusions
......Page 156
Appendix I. 
Indian tribes that use or used Banisteriopsis basednarcotic beverages......Page 166
Appendix II.  Vernacular names given to Banisteriopsis based narcotic 
beverages......Page 170
Appendix III. 
Musical transcription of magic melodies or icaros......Page 173
References
......Page 180