In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia by Neil L. Whitehead & Robin Wright

Author:Neil L. Whitehead & Robin Wright
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Body, Magic, Social Science, Witchcraft, Amazon River Region, Magic - Amazon River Region, Witchcraft & Wicca, General, Anthropology, Cultural, Witchcraft - Amazon River Region, Mind & Spirit, Shamanism, History, Magick Studies, Latin America
ISBN: 9780822333456
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2004-05-13T00:00:00+00:00

The more significant evidence of the association between blood and shamanic power lies elsewhere. Among the Parakana, the main way for a man to develop his capacity for dreaming is to follow the road of the jaguar; that is, to be a predator (not only of animals, but above all of humans). Killing is conceived as a form of symbolic hematophagy because it is said that it "makes the killer's mouth smell of blood" (mojoropyji'o). This stench never disappears: the killer can only resort to the tobacco to "perfume his mouth" (mojoropi'e) and counterbalance the taste of blood.10 However, as we will see, it is precisely this combination of blood and tobacco that potentializes the dreaming, that makes someone have shamanic power.

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