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[http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/%7Eeschniter/Ayahuasca%20Session.mp3
MP3]
sample
from
a
CD
of
field
recordings
called
''[http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/%7Eeschniter/AMAZONIA/cd.html
Shamanic
Healing
Sounds
of
the
Shuar:
From
the
Ecuadorian
Amazon]''
*@M3U@
[http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/%7Eeschniter/Ayahuasca%20Session.mp3]
*Reformatted liner notes from [http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/%7Eeschniter/liner%20notes.htm]:
'''Ayahuasca
Session
One'''
Healing
Sounds
of
the
Shuar:
From
the
Ecuadorian
Amazon]~~
'''TRACK 1''' ''Casting Spells on the Ayahuasca:'' The murmurs
heard may be compared to prayers. As the Shuar shaman or "uwishín" breathes
out over a small bowl of thick Ayahuasca brew he invokes an array of spirits,
with which he has had intimate contact throughout his life as healer and
magician. These spirits are transferred by the shaman's breath to "natém"
the hallucinogenic Ayahuasca brew, which is then ingested by the shaman,
patient, and friends or family. This magical process known as "soplando"
(literally "blowing") or "casting a spell" on the natém before consumption
makes it much more powerful.
'''TRACK 2''' ''Healing Sounds from an Ayahuasca Session:''
After the Ayahuasca has been taken the mind opens and thoughts return to
their roots. It is possible to visit loved ones and relatives far away,
and it is easier to see the good and evil that is in the world. Spirits
are quite alive and communication with them is facilitated. The body feels
as if it is soaring and all the worlds a vortex. The shaman is occasionally
sending off his tsentsak: any number of powers, allies, and spirits embodied
in magical arrows.
'''TRACK 3''' ''Sucking Out and Returning of Poison Arrows:'' Poison
Arrows known as "Tsentsak" are shamans' powers embodied in the form of arrows,
darts, and splinters. Tsentsak are sent between batteling shamans and are
often received by non-shamans with ill effects. When healing a patient the
shaman takes ayahuasca, sings, and calls forth the spirits from within and
without until the point at which he can see the patient clearly. Tsentsak
are repeatedly sent out against any enemies that may might exist and the
patient is made ready with alcohol sprayed from the mouth, fanning, perfume,
crystals, tobacco and song. When the location of the bad tsentsak lodged
within is isolated the shaman sucks it out with great force. To rally strength
against the forces of the bad tsentsak the shaman smokes, drinks and snorts
tobacco juice, and calls upon "Tsungi" the mother of all spirits who lives
in the bottom of rivers and deep pools. When the Tsentsak is removed it
is transferred to the shamans saliva and flem. At this point the shaman
chooses to return the tsentsak to the original owner, but in doing so returns
it with the intention of imposing the same harm if at all possible.
'''TRACK 4''' ''Healing Sounds From an Ayahuasca Session:'' A pleasent song follows the
removal of tsentsak. Songs are sung in part for their comforting effect.
Much of a shamans work deals with comforting patients who may be suffering
badly and in shock from tsentsak. When one is a target of tsentsak, all
sorts bad things can happen and immunity to disease is easily lost.
'''TRACK 5''' ''Shaman Monologue:'' Here the Shaman reasons in shuar about problems in society,
those who are for him and those who are against him. Ayahuasca opens the
mind and provides insight. An Ayahuasca session often has a component of
"Reasoning" during which a shaman speaks his truth. Ayahuasca Session Two
'''TRACK 6''' ''Ayahuasca Session with Two Shamans:'' In this Ayahuasca Session two
shamans (uncle and nefiew) a generation apart take ayahuasca together and
sing over the course of hours. These shamans called together the session
because they believed that malevolent forces have been scheming against
them, spreading bad rumors in neighboring villages and sending their tsentsak
which had been making friends and families sick. Shamans undergo a life
of training, and study under many shamans often hundreds of miles apart
and from different tribes and regions. The older shaman (65 years) is heard
singing a cyclical style of song unique to his lineage of shamanic tradition.
Later the younger shaman (45 years) can be heard as he talks and does his
turn of song. Finally a wonderful combination of song styles from the two
shamans is heard blending in a polyrhythmic cacophony.
'''TRACK 7''' ''Shaman Song:''
At the end of a long night in the hold of various forces: <no>anaconda/Tsungi</no>,
Wankanim, Amaru Pasuk, Juri-juri, and a rain of tsentsak a thorough feeling
of exhaustion persists. Somehow, the shaman is resilient though, and ready
as ever for the return to the world of the every-day. He improvises an original
melancholy song for his audience.