Indians, Jivaro

Jivaro Indians in eastern Ecuador in 1956, notes this sense... 

The most comprehensive account of the "religious ideas and superstitions" of the Indians of the upper Amazon region is Karsten s description of the Jivaro traditions in The... 

In the Jivaro traditions, representative of the ritual use of Yage among the many tribes of the upper Orinoco and upper Amazon rivers, we see the use of a psychedelic drug as an integral part of community life. The extent to which Yage plays a role in the culture of South American Indian tribes... 

The vocation of shaman is found in nearly all archaic cultures, from the Australian aborigines to the Jivaro Indians of central Ecuador and Pern to the Yakut tribes of Siberia. It is believed to have originated among these Siberian peoples, though its diffusion into other cultures must have taken place very early in prehistory for, along with sorcerers, magicians, and priests, shamanism can be counted among the oldest of professions. 

Lewis W, Kennedy E, Bass G Ritualistic use of the holly llexguayusa by Amazonian Jivaro Indians. J Ethnopharmacol 33 25-30,1991... 

Ush-sp caking world. Harner had already published The Jivaro People of the Sacred Waterfalls (Harner 1972), which dealt at some length with the use of ayahtiasca by the Shuar Indians. G. Rcichel-DohnatofF s important book The Shaman and the Jaguar (Reichel-Dolmatoff 1975) appeared in 1975, and stands as one of the most complete reviews of the use of ayahuosca and other entheogens in northwest Amazonia. Mention must also be made of RT. Furst s Hallucinogens and Culture (Furst 1976), and two other books by Reichel-Dolmatoff, Cosmos The Sexual... 

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