Shamanic plant teachers diet in Onanyan Shobo: Toe'

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Amazonian Shamanic Plant Teachers Diet

in Onanyan Shobo

Plants of the Dieta

The following is a tentative, non-exhaustive, non-comprehensive list of some of the plants that may dieted in Onanyan Shobo, which is to be used as indication only. The actual plants of the shamanic diet may vary, depending on the shaman's style and on the length of the diet itself. This also depends - whenever possible - on your own preferences or predilections (if you have already done the traditional plant diet before), subject to availability.

''PALOS MAESTROS'' (Teacher Trees)

Abuelo Renaco (Ficus sp. ?)

Alcanfor Moena (Ocotea costulata)

Bellaco Caspi (Himantanthus sucuuba, "used in the extraction of the magic dart or virote"; Luna 1986:67)

Camalonga (Thevetia peruviana)

Chiricsanango (Brunfelsia grandiflora; Luna 1986:68)

Chuchuhuasha (Maytenus sp, Duke & Vasquez, 1994; or Heisteria pallida, Luna 1999:13)

Chullachaki-caspi (Brysonima christianeae; Luna 1999:13)

Lupuna (Ceiba sp.; Luna 1999:142)

Huaira Caspi (Cedrelinga catanaeformis; Luna 1986:88)

Renaquilla hoja menuda (literally: "Renaquilla with small leaves"; Unidentified)

Renaquilla hoja larga (literally: "Renaquilla with large leaves"; Unidentified)

Shihuahuaco (Dipteryx sp.; Luna 1999:68)

Ucho Sanango (Tabernaemontana sp.; Luna 1986:70)

''PLANTAS MAESTRAS'' (Teacher Plants)

Ajos Sacha (Mansoa alliacea; Luna 1999:12): used also for ritual baths (baños de florecimiento) to attract good luck in love or business.

Cambio de renaco (Unidentified)

Huacra renaco (Unidentified)

Piñon Blanco (Jatropha curcas)

Piñon Negro or Piñon Colorado (Jatropha gossypifolia; "used as defence against evil sorcerers", Luna 1999:136)

Renaquilla (Ficus sp.; Luna 1999:54)

Renaquilla con hojas anchas (literally: "Renaquilla with wide leaves"; Unidentified)

Renaquilla con hojas lanuda (literally: "Renaquilla with woolly leaves"; Unidentified)

Sacha Mango (Grias peruviana; see Peruvian Congress link)

Toe' (Brugmansia suavolensis)

Yahuar Piripiri (Eleutherine bulbosa; Luna 1999:54)

''SOGAS'' (Vines)

Ayahuasca (Banisteriopsis sp.)

Motelo Sacha (Unidentified)

Tambor Huasca (Unidentified)

Uña de Gato de Siete Capas (Uncaria tomentosa , Uncaria guianensis?)

NOTES:

DUKE, James Alan, VASQUEZ, Rodolfo, Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary, CRC Press, 1994

Luna, L.E. & Amaringo P., Ayahuasca Visions, The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman, Berkeley 1999

Luna, L.E., Vegetalismo. Shamanism among the Mestizo Population of the Peruvian Amazon, Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion 27, Stockholm 1986

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