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Authors: Stephan V. Beyer
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Singing to the Plants: A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon
STEPHAN V. BEYEII
A CgUIDE TO MESTIZO SHAMANISM
IN THE UPPER AMAZON
-DON SOLON TELLO LOZANO
What good do you think my remedies would be if I didn't
sing to them?
-DON MANUEL CORDOVA RIOS
I have become an artist in the music of plants.
-DON JUAN FLORES SALAZAR
PART I
SHAMANIC HEALINCj
CHAPTER 1
Two Healers of the Upper Amazon,
3
CHAPTER 2
The Ayahuasca Ceremony,
16
CHAPTER 3
Shamanic Performance,
25
CHAPTER 4
The Shamanic Landscape,
40
CHAPTER 5
Learning the Plants,
52
CHAPTER 6
Sounds,
63
CHAPTER 7
Phlegm and Darts,
81
CHAPTER 8
Initiation,
89
CHAPTER 9
Sucking and Blowing,
103
CHAPTER 11
Protection,
122
CHAPTER 12
Sex,
130
CHAPTER 13
Harming,
132
CHAPTER 14
Healing,
148
CHAPTER 15
Spirit Possession,
158