http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2007/12/the-omnipresence-of-the-spirits/ A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2007/12/the-omnipresence-of-the-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Hamsa Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2007/12/the-omnipresence-of-the-spirits/#comment-12 Steven,<br/>My Shuar teacher also seemed to be able to "contact" the spirits and their songs even when not under the influence of natem/ayahuasca (often he would use tsaank/tobacco for this purpose). He would use whistling which he described as like turning on a radio, beginning with tuneless or semi-tuneless whistling which he described as like dialing the radio knob and moving between stations, until he would "lock on" and tune in to a spirit and its song.<br/>BTW, I am really enjoying your blog. It has some of the most insightful and interesting writing on this subject I have come across on the Internet. Please keep it up.<br/>On another subject-from a November post of yours--were you initiated into toe? If so, what was it like?<br/>My teacher used toe topically for curing broken bones and other injuries with amazing results. But he never gave it to me internally and, frankly, I was happy with that decision. Scares me.<br/>You've probably seen Paul Theroux's "Blinding Light," an interesting fiction about the use of datura. Steven,
My Shuar teacher also seemed to be able to “contact” the spirits and their songs even when not under the influence of natem/ayahuasca (often he would use tsaank/tobacco for this purpose). He would use whistling which he described as like turning on a radio, beginning with tuneless or semi-tuneless whistling which he described as like dialing the radio knob and moving between stations, until he would “lock on” and tune in to a spirit and its song.
BTW, I am really enjoying your blog. It has some of the most insightful and interesting writing on this subject I have come across on the Internet. Please keep it up.
On another subject-from a November post of yours–were you initiated into toe? If so, what was it like?
My teacher used toe topically for curing broken bones and other injuries with amazing results. But he never gave it to me internally and, frankly, I was happy with that decision. Scares me.
You’ve probably seen Paul Theroux’s “Blinding Light,” an interesting fiction about the use of datura.

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