The Jívaro: People of the Sacred Waterfalls - Smu
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Michael J. Harner’s Harner s<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong>: J varo: <strong>People</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Waterfalls</strong><br />
Berkeley: University <strong>of</strong><br />
California Press, 1984<br />
Shuar-<strong>Jívaro</strong><br />
Shuar <strong>Jívaro</strong><br />
Yanomamö<br />
Mundurucú
History/background:<br />
History/background<br />
PRE-1527 PRE 1527 PENETRATION OF JIVARO TERRITORY:<br />
TERRITORY:<br />
“... ... <strong>The</strong> Inca<br />
emperor Huayna Capac, Capac,<br />
led an army to conquer <strong>the</strong> Jivaroans inhabiting<br />
<strong>the</strong> region known as ‘Bracamoros.<br />
Bracamoros.’ <strong>The</strong> invasion ... was met by such fierce<br />
resistance that Huayna Capac fled ignominiously back to <strong>the</strong> Andean Andean<br />
highlands, attempting to placate his pursuers with gifts as he retreated. retreated.”<br />
THE SHUAR/JIVARO:<br />
SHUAR/JIVARO:<br />
“Only Only one tribe <strong>of</strong> American Indians is known ever<br />
to have successfully revolted against <strong>the</strong> empire <strong>of</strong> Spain and to have thwarted<br />
all attempts by <strong>the</strong> Spaniards to reconquer <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong>, J varo, <strong>the</strong> Untsuri<br />
Šuar uarä <strong>of</strong> eastern Ecuador. Ecuador.<br />
From 1599 onward <strong>the</strong>y remained unconquered in<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir forest fastness east <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Andes, despite <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong>y <strong>the</strong>y<br />
were known to<br />
occupy one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> richest placer gold deposit regions in all <strong>of</strong> South America.<br />
... <strong>the</strong>ir warlike reputation spread in <strong>the</strong> late nineteenth and early early<br />
twentieth<br />
centuries when <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo ‘shrunken shrunken head’ head trophies, tsantsas, tsantsas,<br />
found <strong>the</strong>ir way to<br />
<strong>the</strong> markets <strong>of</strong> exotica in <strong>the</strong> Western world.”<br />
world.
1599 UPRISING: UPRISING:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Spaniards required tribute in gold dust, and increased <strong>the</strong>ir <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
demands as <strong>the</strong> years progressed.” progressed. In 1599, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo united 20,000 strong under a<br />
single war chief, Quirruba, and attacked <strong>the</strong> Spanish town <strong>of</strong> Logro Logroño.<br />
o. Quirruba “took took<br />
possession <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house in which <strong>the</strong> Governor was staying; surrounding surrounding<br />
<strong>the</strong> house, <strong>the</strong>y killed<br />
all <strong>the</strong> people who were inside, except for <strong>the</strong> Governor, who was in a state <strong>of</strong> undress because<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> surprise. <strong>The</strong>y told him that it was now time for him to receive <strong>the</strong> tack <strong>of</strong> gold which he<br />
had ordered prepared. <strong>The</strong>y stripped him completely naked, tied his hands and feet, and …<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs set up a large forge in <strong>the</strong> courtyard where <strong>the</strong>y melted melted<br />
<strong>the</strong> gold. When it was ready<br />
in <strong>the</strong> crucibles, <strong>the</strong>y opened his mouth with a bone, saying that <strong>the</strong>y wanted to see if for once<br />
he had enough gold. <strong>The</strong>y poured it little by little, and <strong>the</strong>n forced forced<br />
it down with ano<strong>the</strong>r bone,<br />
and bursting his bowels with <strong>the</strong> torture, all raised a clamor and and<br />
laughter. Of all <strong>the</strong> [Spanish]<br />
females <strong>the</strong>y had spared, <strong>the</strong>y killed <strong>the</strong> old and <strong>the</strong> very young ... and saved <strong>the</strong> rest for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
use. Among this number were almost all <strong>the</strong> nuns <strong>of</strong> a monastery ...<br />
<strong>The</strong> total number <strong>of</strong> people killed in Logroño Logro o was<br />
some 12,000 inhabitants, while in nearby Sevilla<br />
del Oro three fourths <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population <strong>of</strong> some<br />
25,000 was killed. ... From 1599 until almost<br />
<strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nineteenth century, <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Jívaro</strong> varo ... had only intermittent and generally<br />
hostile contacts with whites.
FOUNDATION OF THE SHUAR FEDERATION:<br />
FEDERATION:<br />
“ “At At <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> publication<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> original edition <strong>of</strong> this book in 1972, <strong>the</strong> Shuar Federation Federation<br />
was already becoming<br />
a potent activist organization for <strong>the</strong> protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> economic, economic,<br />
political, and cultural<br />
interests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tribe. ... Because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> justified reputation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Shuar as an anarchistic anarchistic<br />
population engaged in extensive internal hostilities and feuds, <strong>the</strong>ir present success in<br />
uniting toge<strong>the</strong>r against <strong>the</strong> onslaught <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> outside world has surprised many observers<br />
... Leading warriors put aside <strong>the</strong>ir long-standing long standing hatreds and toge<strong>the</strong>r formulated a<br />
general strategy as well as tactical assignments. assignments.<br />
But <strong>the</strong> Ecuadorians never attacked,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Shuar went back to <strong>the</strong>ir feuds and killings.<br />
NAME CHANGE: CHANGE:<br />
“In In nativistic reaction to [<strong>the</strong> name by which <strong>the</strong>se people are<br />
popularly known in Ecuador] <strong>the</strong> people identified in [Harner’s] [Harner s] ethnography as ‘<strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Jívaro</strong> varo proper,’ proper, or Shuar (Untsuri Shuara) now prefer to be called ‘Shuar, Shuar,’ ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />
‘<strong>Jívaro</strong> varo’ or ‘Jíbaro baro’ to avoid pejorative connotations in current Ecuadorian usage. ...
Physical environment: environment “Where <strong>the</strong> westward<br />
Where <strong>the</strong> westward-drifting drifting cloud cover <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
upper Amazon basin collides with <strong>the</strong> eastern cordillera <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ecuadorian<br />
Ecuadorian<br />
Andes, cold rivulets cascade into <strong>the</strong> misty forest to form swift, swift,<br />
growing<br />
streams descending towards <strong>the</strong> Atlantic Ocean, a continent away. Where <strong>the</strong><br />
mountain waterfalls give way to rapids, <strong>the</strong> country <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Shuar, Shuar,<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong>, J varo,<br />
begins; and where <strong>the</strong> rapids finally end in placid meandering rivers, rivers,<br />
so does<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir homeland. homeland.<br />
Downstream from <strong>the</strong> rapids live <strong>the</strong>ir traditional enemies,<br />
<strong>the</strong> Achuara and <strong>the</strong> Tsumu Šuar uarä, , Indians who travel more by canoe than on<br />
foot. ... <strong>the</strong> escarpment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Andes, to <strong>the</strong>ir west, which is <strong>the</strong> most abrupt abrupt<br />
in<br />
all <strong>the</strong> length <strong>of</strong> South America, has ... been an old and silent ally in inhibiting<br />
successful conquest and colonization from <strong>the</strong> highlands. highlands.<br />
This ... is <strong>the</strong> home<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong>, J varo, a wet, mountainous, and heavily forested sanctuary …”
LOCATION:<br />
LOCATION:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo population ...<br />
dwells chiefly between <strong>the</strong> Río o Pastaza in<br />
<strong>the</strong> north, and <strong>the</strong> upper Río o Zamora in<br />
<strong>the</strong> south; and from about 1200 meters<br />
altitude above sea level on <strong>the</strong> eastern<br />
slope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Andes in <strong>the</strong> west to <strong>the</strong> Río R o<br />
Pangui (approximately 400 m. altitude)<br />
in <strong>the</strong> east. east.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tribal territory north <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> Río R o Santiago is bisected by <strong>the</strong> rugged,<br />
jungle-clad jungle clad Cordillera de Cutucú, Cutuc , which<br />
runs roughly north<br />
and south and reaches<br />
an altitude <strong>of</strong> more<br />
than 2,000 meters<br />
above sea level.
Born in 1906 in Latvia, Victor Oppenheim spend much <strong>of</strong> his early life in China and o<strong>the</strong>r parts<br />
<strong>of</strong> East Asia with his fa<strong>the</strong>r, a civil and mining engineer, and his his<br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r. mo<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
After his fa<strong>the</strong>r’s<br />
untimely death, Victor and his mo<strong>the</strong>r returned to Latvia. He was educated in France at <strong>the</strong><br />
University <strong>of</strong> Caen, graduating in 1927. After a period <strong>of</strong> mandatory military service in Latvia,<br />
Oppenheim was employed in 1929 by Ludovick Barreau, an engineering engineering<br />
and mining consultant<br />
firm in Paris. That year <strong>the</strong> company sent Oppenheim to South America. During <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
next<br />
twenty years, he explored and geologically mapped <strong>the</strong> continent, usually as a consulting<br />
geologist for <strong>the</strong> countries he was exploring and mapping. His extensive travels through<br />
sou<strong>the</strong>rn Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and eastern Peru resulted resulted<br />
in <strong>the</strong> first geological<br />
maps for each <strong>of</strong> those countries. In 1944 Victor Oppenheim completed completed<br />
<strong>the</strong> first geological map<br />
<strong>of</strong> an entire continent, which was published by <strong>the</strong> Pan American Institute <strong>of</strong> Mining,<br />
Engineering, and Geology in 1945. 1945.<br />
Among his o<strong>the</strong>r many achievements in South America were<br />
<strong>the</strong> early published scientific evaluations <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> largest known bituminous coal<br />
reserves in <strong>the</strong> world at El Cerrejon and a large petroleum deposit at Cusiana, Cusiana,<br />
both in<br />
Colombia; <strong>the</strong> naming <strong>of</strong> a mountain range in eastern Ecuador, <strong>the</strong> Sierra de Cutucú Cutucú;<br />
; and <strong>the</strong><br />
discovery <strong>of</strong> a hi<strong>the</strong>rto unknown culture in Guarija, Colombia. Victor Victor<br />
Oppenheim continued his<br />
explorations and geological work after he left South America, establishing establishing<br />
a consulting company<br />
in Dallas, Texas. He completed extensive field work in Latin America America<br />
and West Africa, as well<br />
as in <strong>the</strong> United States in Arkansas, Alaska, New Mexico, and Texas. Texas.
Mode <strong>of</strong> production:<br />
production<br />
GARDENS: “Each Each household has ei<strong>the</strong>r a single large garden or several<br />
smaller ones. Such gardens constitute <strong>the</strong> main source <strong>of</strong> carbohydrates carbohydrates<br />
for<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong>, J varo, providing, in terms <strong>of</strong> calories, perhaps about 65 per cent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
diet. [All crops, except maize are planted toge<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> same cleared plot.<br />
.... Times <strong>of</strong> planting and harvesting overlap and <strong>the</strong>reby assure a constant<br />
reaping <strong>of</strong> agricultural staples.] Besides sweet manioc …<br />
• Tuberous crops include two varieties <strong>of</strong> sweet potato, potato,<br />
papa china, china,<br />
three<br />
members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Araceae family, <strong>the</strong> carrot-like carrot like maya (arracacha arracacha?), ?), and<br />
peanuts. peanuts.<br />
•Non Non-tuberous tuberous food plants are plantains and ‘white white’ maize. maize.<br />
• O<strong>the</strong>r crops grown in relatively small quantities are squash, squash,<br />
red pepper, pepper,<br />
tomatoes, tomatoes,<br />
onions, onions,<br />
<strong>the</strong> ‘gold gold’ banana, banana,<br />
pineapple, papaya, papaya,<br />
sugar cane, cane,<br />
tobacco, tobacco,<br />
achiote, achiote,<br />
gourds, and cotton. ... various fish poisons, medicinal plants, plants,<br />
and …<br />
• Hallucinogenic drugs, drugs,<br />
especially Banisteriopsis species and Datura arborea, arborea,<br />
are<br />
both cultivated in <strong>the</strong> garden and collected wild in <strong>the</strong> forest. forest.
(Banisteriopsis c.—Ayahuasca)<br />
(Datura arborea)
GARDEN SIZE: ... is heavily influenced by <strong>the</strong> number <strong>of</strong> wives a man has to<br />
cultivate <strong>the</strong> fields. A household with one wife tends to have a garden <strong>of</strong> about<br />
50,000 ft², ft , … a second increases <strong>the</strong> area to about 65,000 ft², ft , … and a third to<br />
approximately 75,000 ft². ft . A man who wishes to gain prestige may clear garden<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> larger size for each <strong>of</strong> his wives.<br />
MANIOC BEER: BEER:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> manioc beer (nihamanch<br />
( nihamanchï) ) is prepared by cooking <strong>the</strong><br />
manioc. <strong>The</strong>n it is mashed and stirred to a s<strong>of</strong>t consistency ... while <strong>the</strong> woman<br />
stirs <strong>the</strong> mash, she chews handfuls and spits <strong>the</strong>m back into <strong>the</strong> pot, a process<br />
which is essential to <strong>the</strong> proper and rapid fermentation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brew. brew.<br />
Average daily beer<br />
Consumption:<br />
Consumption<br />
3-4 4 gallons (adult males)<br />
1-2 2 gallons (adult females)<br />
½ gallon (9-10 (9 10-year year olds)<br />
1-5 5 days for fermentation<br />
to maximum alcoholic<br />
content, but too much<br />
demand for this to happen<br />
except for feasts
HUNTING: HUNTING “…<strong>the</strong> “…<strong>the</strong><br />
chief source <strong>of</strong> protein, protein,<br />
and is more important to <strong>the</strong> food<br />
supply than fishing or ga<strong>the</strong>ring, contributing an estimated 20% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> diet. diet.<br />
A<br />
great diversity <strong>of</strong> botanical and zoological species exists in this this<br />
region, but this<br />
variety is typically accompanied by low density <strong>of</strong> population for for<br />
any particular<br />
species. species.<br />
... This situation is aggravated … virtually all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo territory has<br />
been hunted efficiently for a long period <strong>of</strong> time, time,<br />
with <strong>the</strong> result<br />
that game is not as abundant as in regions unoccupied by <strong>the</strong><br />
Indians. This fact was particularly driven home to my <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo<br />
companions and me in 1969, when, in<br />
traveling through an unhunted ‘no no-man man’s<br />
land’ land between <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo and <strong>the</strong> Achuara<br />
along <strong>the</strong> lower Río R o Cangaimi, which had<br />
not been exploited because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> enmity<br />
between <strong>the</strong> two groups, we encountered<br />
unprecedented quantities <strong>of</strong> monkeys and<br />
birds. ... Monkeys and large birds are<br />
usually stalked with <strong>the</strong> blowgun and<br />
darts poisoned with curare, <strong>the</strong> poisoned<br />
dart notched around its tip so that it will<br />
break <strong>of</strong>f if a monkey tries to remove it.”<br />
it
Except for occasions when <strong>the</strong>ir wives accompany <strong>the</strong>m, hunters usually go out<br />
stalking game alone. alone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> maximum range <strong>of</strong> a blowgun rarely exceeds 100 feet.<br />
... ground-dwelling ground dwelling creatures are killed ... with shotguns. shotguns.<br />
Dogs are commonly<br />
used in hunting peccary, jaguars, and ocelots ... when taking a dog on a<br />
peccary hunt, <strong>the</strong> man is accompanied by a wife, who handles <strong>the</strong> leashed dog,<br />
and also is frequently assisted by ano<strong>the</strong>r male hunters. ... in hunting dangerous<br />
felines ... up to a dozen people may participate. participate.<br />
GAME ANIMALS: ANIMALS:<br />
include peccary, agouti, and such monkeys as howler,<br />
squirrel, capuchin, and black. ... most species <strong>of</strong><br />
birds, except for carrion- carrion<br />
eaters, eaters,<br />
are hunted almost<br />
daily as sources <strong>of</strong> food and for <strong>the</strong>ir plumage-- plumage-<br />
including parrot, toucan, dove, and curassow.<br />
USP: USP:<br />
Rabbits and deer, deer,<br />
although present, are never<br />
hunted for food, <strong>the</strong> former because <strong>the</strong>y are ‘like like rats,’ rats,<br />
<strong>the</strong> latter for supernatural reasons.
Settlement pattern: pattern<br />
THE LOCAL HOUSEHOLD: “<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo life is <strong>the</strong> individual house,<br />
normally occupied by a polygynous nuclear family and surrounded by a garden<br />
in deep isolation in <strong>the</strong> forest. <strong>The</strong> house is typically built beside a small stream stream<br />
on a hillock where <strong>the</strong>re are stands <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>t or medium-hard medium hard wood. <strong>The</strong> location<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house on high ground is not only better for drainage, but also furnishes a<br />
view across <strong>the</strong> surrounding garden to facilitate defensive fire in case <strong>of</strong> enemy<br />
attack.
THE DWELLING AS FORTIFICATION: FORTIFICATION:<br />
<strong>The</strong> windowless wall is built <strong>of</strong> stout<br />
chonta palm (Guilielma ( Guilielma sp.) staves set vertically into <strong>the</strong> ground about an inch apart to to<br />
permit light and air to enter, and to allow <strong>the</strong> inhabitants to see see<br />
out and to fire at<br />
attackers. ... To protect <strong>the</strong> inhabitants from enemy attacks, attacks,<br />
<strong>the</strong> doorways are closed<br />
with strong hand-hewn hand hewn wooden doors or removable wooden posts locked into position<br />
with a crossbar. An extra layer <strong>of</strong> chonta palm staves is sometimes sometimes<br />
lashed to <strong>the</strong> house<br />
wall near <strong>the</strong> beds. If local feuding is at a particularly high pitch, logs may be laid<br />
horizontally against <strong>the</strong> inside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house wall to form a breastwork breastwork<br />
about four feet<br />
high. Foxholes are also sometimes dug into <strong>the</strong> floor to permit firing from low points<br />
on <strong>the</strong> breastwork and to provide shelter for <strong>the</strong> women and children. children.<br />
A secret escape<br />
tunnel occasionally extends underneath <strong>the</strong> wall, coming up in <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
garden.<br />
DWELLING SIZE AND FEASTING/DEFENSIVE FACTORS: FACTORS:<br />
A family averaging<br />
only about nine persons typically occupies <strong>the</strong>se ra<strong>the</strong>r large houses. houses.<br />
While to a casual<br />
observer <strong>the</strong> size <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house might seem excessive in terms <strong>of</strong> everyday needs, <strong>the</strong><br />
large floor space is deemed essential for hosting visitors, who are <strong>of</strong>ten guests coming<br />
to drink and dance. Since dancing is never done outdoors, where persons would not be<br />
protected from rain and possible attackers, a large floor area is essential, especially<br />
when a tsantsa feast is given, since large numbers <strong>of</strong> guest dance and sleep within within<br />
<strong>the</strong><br />
house on such occasions.
SPACING OF LOCAL HOUSEHOLDS:<br />
HOUSEHOLDS:<br />
“Each Each house ... is usually isolated a<br />
half-mile half mile or more from <strong>the</strong> next; but<br />
sometimes two, or rarely three, houses<br />
may be located within three hundred<br />
yards <strong>of</strong> one ano<strong>the</strong>r. ano<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Adjacent houses, houses,<br />
when <strong>the</strong>y occur, invariably belong to<br />
close relatives, usually one being that <strong>of</strong> a<br />
man and <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> his sons-in sons in-law law. .<br />
Even such limited concentrations are not<br />
very permanent, due to such factors as<br />
quarreling between <strong>the</strong> neighboring<br />
relatives or <strong>the</strong> gradual depletion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
local wild game supply.<br />
supply
Mode <strong>of</strong> reproduction:<br />
POPULATION SIZE: SIZE:<br />
<strong>The</strong> overall <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo population numbered an<br />
estimated 7,830 persons in 1956-57 1956 57 ...<br />
POPULATION OF THE INTERIOR JIVARO: JIVARO:<br />
“... ... an estimated total<br />
population <strong>of</strong> approximately 2,205 persons. persons<br />
DEMOGRAPHY:<br />
DEMOGRAPHY:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> interior <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo are scattered in some 245 houses<br />
over an estimated area <strong>of</strong> 4,775 square kilometers (1844 square miles). ...<br />
With an estimated nine persons per house, <strong>the</strong> total number <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo<br />
utilizing this area would be approximately 2,205, 2,205,<br />
or .46 persons per square<br />
kilometer (1.19 persons per square mile). Nowhere is this population<br />
concentrated into villages, being instead dispersed in loose-knit loose knit<br />
neighborhood groupings <strong>of</strong> irregular size.
(normal S.R. = 1.05:1.00 or X 100 = 105<br />
SEX RATIO: RATIO:<br />
<strong>The</strong> emphasis on polygyny, in part, reflects <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong><br />
ratio <strong>of</strong> adult males to adult females is approximately 1:2, largely as a<br />
consequence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> attrition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> adult male population through through<br />
killing.<br />
PREFERRED SEX OF FIRST CHILD: CHILD:<br />
Both men and women say that <strong>the</strong><br />
preferred first child is a boy, boy,<br />
which is justified on <strong>the</strong> basis that <strong>the</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />
needs ....a son to go hunting with him. Ideally, <strong>the</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> a son should be<br />
followed by that <strong>of</strong> a daughter. <strong>The</strong>re is no clear-cut clear cut prejudice against<br />
<strong>of</strong>fspring <strong>of</strong> one sex as against <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
INFANTICIDE: INFANTICIDE:<br />
Infanticide is regularly practiced only in <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong><br />
deformed children. It is accomplished by crushing <strong>the</strong> infant with with<br />
a foot. ...<br />
Infanticide <strong>of</strong> undeformed babies by married women seems to be unheard unheard<br />
<strong>of</strong>. Birth <strong>of</strong> twins is never a reason for infanticide.
SEXUAL RELATIONS:<br />
RELATIONS:<br />
Usually <strong>the</strong> preferred companion for ... hunting<br />
trips is <strong>the</strong> youngest wife. wife.<br />
... <strong>The</strong> wife <strong>of</strong>ten looks forward to hunting trips<br />
as an opportunity to have sexual intercourse in privacy. ... Having Having<br />
sexual<br />
relations on <strong>the</strong> hunt is, however, viewed as dangerous by <strong>the</strong> man, man,<br />
it being<br />
believed that after intercourse he is particularly susceptible to being bitten<br />
by a poisonous snake. snake.<br />
Never<strong>the</strong>less, men <strong>of</strong>ten engage in sexual activity<br />
when <strong>the</strong>y take <strong>the</strong>ir wives hunting. [But] since babies interfere with <strong>the</strong><br />
mobility <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir wives to accompany <strong>the</strong>m in hunting ... men usually usually<br />
... are reluctant to engage in sexual intercourse more <strong>of</strong>ten than than<br />
about once<br />
every six to eight days. days.<br />
[⇐ [ ABSTINENCE]<br />
LONG LACTATION: LACTATION:<br />
<strong>The</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> a new baby normally does not entail<br />
<strong>the</strong> weaning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> earlier one, and it is a common sight to see an infant<br />
and a four- four or five-year five year-old old being fed by <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r, with one at each<br />
breast. Weaning is not emphasized and may not take place until <strong>the</strong> child<br />
is six or seven years old.<br />
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Domestic economy: economy<br />
MEN’S MEN S WORK: Men plant none <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> crops except maize. Men do <strong>the</strong><br />
hunting, but <strong>the</strong> women <strong>of</strong>ten or usually accompany <strong>the</strong>m on <strong>the</strong> hunt hunt.<br />
.<br />
Weaving, done in almost all houses, is exclusively a man’s man s task. task.<br />
Men,<br />
compared to women in <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo society, tend to have much more leisure<br />
time, which may help account for <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong>y do <strong>the</strong> spinning, spinning,<br />
dyeing,<br />
and weaving. When not hunting or clearing forest, a man likes to sit in<br />
his end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house ... spinning and weaving<br />
WOMENS WORK: Women do all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
planting (except for maize) and all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
harvesting, as well as taking care <strong>of</strong> home<br />
and children and preparing <strong>the</strong> manioc<br />
beer, this last considered by <strong>the</strong> men to be<br />
one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir most important tasks.
UTILITY OF DOGS: DOGS:<br />
“At At least one or two dogs are kept in most households.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se not only aid in hunting in <strong>the</strong> forest ... but also protect <strong>the</strong> garden garden<br />
crops,<br />
including <strong>the</strong> manioc tubers, from devastation by agouti and o<strong>the</strong>r o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
rodents. rodents.<br />
... An equally important service that <strong>the</strong>y provide is to act as watchdogs<br />
against surprise attacks. attacks.<br />
Leashed to beds in <strong>the</strong> women’s women s end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house,<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir slightest barking usually results in <strong>the</strong> household head seizing seizing<br />
his gun<br />
and preparing to defend himself and his family. ... Interestingly, Interestingly,<br />
<strong>the</strong> name<br />
for dog, niawá, niaw , is <strong>the</strong> same term used to designate <strong>the</strong> feared and respected<br />
jaguar. <strong>The</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> dogs ... helps to explain <strong>the</strong> high degree degree<br />
<strong>of</strong> care<br />
<strong>the</strong>y receive. When puppies are born, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> owner’s owner s wives observes a<br />
kind <strong>of</strong> couvade, in which she lies abed with <strong>the</strong> bitch to protect protect<br />
<strong>the</strong> litter<br />
from supernatural harm. A puppy is nursed by <strong>the</strong> wife as well as as<br />
by its<br />
canine mo<strong>the</strong>r. ... Dogs, like people, are even given <strong>the</strong> hallucinogenic<br />
hallucinogenic<br />
Datura to help <strong>the</strong>m obtain supernatural power. power<br />
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Social organization:<br />
organization<br />
NUMBER OF WIVES: WIVES:<br />
“Men Men strongly prefer to have two or more wives.<br />
<strong>The</strong> subsistence productivity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> household closely correlates with <strong>the</strong><br />
number <strong>of</strong> wives possessed by a man, because <strong>the</strong> women are responsible responsible<br />
for more <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> agricultural production. ... <strong>The</strong> most common number number<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
wives for a man to have is two, one, or three, in that order. order.<br />
<strong>The</strong> emphasis on<br />
polygyny, in part, reflects <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> ratio <strong>of</strong> adult females females<br />
to adult<br />
males is approximately 2:1, largely as a consequence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> attrition attrition<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
adult male population through killing. ... <strong>The</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> wives in<br />
producing food and beer goes far beyond <strong>the</strong> subsistence requirements requirements<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
household itself. Plural wives assure a surplus production which which<br />
will make<br />
possible adequate entertainment <strong>of</strong> visitors from o<strong>the</strong>r households. household . <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Jívaro</strong> varo place a high value on drinking beer and eating (perhaps in that<br />
order), so that one’s one s status in a neighborhood is greatly affected by one’s one s<br />
generosity with beer and food. No one can expect to have many friends<br />
unless he is a good host [and has] plural wives …”
ADULTERY:<br />
ADULTERY:<br />
“Extramarital Extramarital affairs frequently result in <strong>the</strong> wife’s wife s leaving to<br />
live as <strong>the</strong> wife <strong>of</strong> her lover ... one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most serious <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo <strong>of</strong>fenses and one<br />
for which <strong>the</strong> punitive sanction against <strong>the</strong> wife-taker wife taker is death, and against<br />
<strong>the</strong> woman <strong>the</strong> slashing <strong>of</strong> her scalp with a machete. machete.<br />
MARRIAGE RULE: RULE:<br />
male exogamy … matrilocality followed by neolocality.<br />
CHILDREN’S’ CHILDREN ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WORLD AROUND THEM: THEM:<br />
“… a sense <strong>of</strong> alienation from <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tribe ... coupled with with<br />
early<br />
morning lectures which fa<strong>the</strong>rs give to ‘make make <strong>the</strong>m be careful’ careful in dealing<br />
with o<strong>the</strong>rs beyond <strong>the</strong> household and which emphasize <strong>the</strong> deceitful deceitful<br />
and<br />
treacherous characteristics <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r tribesmen. Adding to <strong>the</strong> child child’s<br />
s sense <strong>of</strong><br />
insecurity [about] <strong>the</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population is <strong>the</strong> frequent attribution attribution<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
illness within <strong>the</strong> household to <strong>the</strong> bewitching activities <strong>of</strong> hostile hostile<br />
shamans.<br />
CHILDREN: PUNISHMENT WITH CHILI PEPPERS--<br />
PEPPERS--<br />
“If If a child is<br />
extraordinarily bad, and, despite nettle spanking, continues [being [being<br />
bad] <strong>the</strong><br />
parents may undertake <strong>the</strong> harshest punishment <strong>the</strong>y every use on children.<br />
This consists <strong>of</strong> dropping a large quantity <strong>of</strong> hot peppers into a small fire and<br />
forcing <strong>the</strong> child to remain over <strong>the</strong> fire under a large cloth until until<br />
he becomes<br />
unconscious.
(Aztecs <strong>of</strong> highland Mexico)
HALLUCINOGENS AND …<br />
GIRLS: GIRLS:<br />
“If If <strong>the</strong> child is female, tsentsemä tsentsem is again administered, with a<br />
little tobacco water, when she is between about two and eight years years<br />
old.<br />
Her parents hope she may acquire arutam soul power and thus be able,<br />
when she grows older, to work hard and have success in reproducing<br />
reproducing<br />
children, raising crops, chickens, and pigs. pigs.<br />
BOYS: BOYS:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> most important use <strong>of</strong> hallucinogens in child rearing, from<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo point <strong>of</strong> view, is to assist a boy in seeing an arutam at a sacred<br />
waterfall, since his life is believed to depend upon it. it.<br />
...<strong>The</strong> power deriving<br />
from <strong>the</strong> acquired arutam soul is seen in <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo terms as an enculturating<br />
and socializing device, since its force is believed to promote almost almost<br />
all <strong>the</strong><br />
valued aspects <strong>of</strong> character including honesty, inclination to work, work,<br />
and<br />
intelligence ....<br />
… Thou shalt take ayahuasca!”
BOY’S BOY S TRAINING AND PUBERTY CELEBRATION:<br />
CELEBRATION:<br />
“A A boy, when about<br />
four, begins to learn <strong>the</strong> art <strong>of</strong> blowgun making ... When he is about six, six,<br />
his<br />
fa<strong>the</strong>r presents him with a real miniature blowgun and a dart quiver ... Post-<br />
puberty boys perform most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tasks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir fa<strong>the</strong>rs, including including<br />
participation in <strong>the</strong> defense <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house and in attacks on enemies enemies.<br />
. A son<br />
may accompany his fa<strong>the</strong>r on a raid as early as <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> six, but but<br />
it is more<br />
common for this to happen when he is nine or older. older.<br />
When a boy reaches <strong>the</strong><br />
age <strong>of</strong> about sixteen, sixteen,<br />
he formally undertakes to establish his adult status by<br />
going into <strong>the</strong> forest, killing a tree sloth, and making a tsantsa <strong>of</strong> its head. head.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n two tsantsa feasts <strong>of</strong> celebration are given... With <strong>the</strong> second feast, <strong>the</strong><br />
transition ... into adult life is ... recognized, and he is entitled to wear <strong>the</strong><br />
etsemat, etsemat,<br />
<strong>the</strong> basic headpiece <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo men ...<br />
GIRL’S GIRL S PUBERTY RITES: RITES:<br />
“A A somewhat analogous pair <strong>of</strong> feasts is given as<br />
puberty celebrations for a girl. Both feasts are sponsored by <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
girl’s girl s fa<strong>the</strong>r<br />
... <strong>The</strong> supernatural aspect <strong>of</strong> this ‘coming coming out’ out celebration centers around <strong>the</strong><br />
girl drinking water mixed with ... tobacco ... in order to enter <strong>the</strong> supernatural<br />
world... and to have dreams that will augur success in raising garden garden<br />
crops<br />
and domesticated animals.<br />
animals
Political economy:<br />
WARFARE--<br />
WARFARE--CAUSES<br />
CAUSES: tremendous emphasis among <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo on<br />
ascribing almost all non-epidemic non epidemic illnesses and deaths, and non-violent non violent<br />
deaths, to witchcraft and poisoning. poisoning.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fundamental assumption ... is that<br />
bewitching shamans are continually attacking one’s one s person and family. This<br />
leads in <strong>the</strong> cases <strong>of</strong> assumed witchcraft death, to punitive retaliatory<br />
sanctions, sanctions,<br />
in <strong>the</strong> form <strong>of</strong> homicide, against <strong>the</strong> presumed bewitchers. With With<br />
<strong>the</strong> guilt determined through divination with <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> a hallucinogenic<br />
drug, and <strong>the</strong> subsequent vengeance probably wreaked on <strong>the</strong> wrong person<br />
... it is clear that <strong>the</strong> shamanistic beliefs and practices have repercussions<br />
which heighten <strong>the</strong> sense <strong>of</strong> outrage and injustice that permeates society and<br />
sets household against household. ... While no retaliation is attempted in <strong>the</strong><br />
case <strong>of</strong> deaths believed to be caused by muisak, muisak,<br />
retaliation by assassination is<br />
definitely considered to be in order when a member <strong>of</strong> one’s one s conjugal family<br />
is murdered through physical violence or witchcraft. ... It is also considered<br />
completely proper to kill a woman or child if <strong>the</strong> act is in retaliation retaliation<br />
for <strong>the</strong><br />
previous murder <strong>of</strong> a woman or child. Great pains are usually taken taken<br />
to kill<br />
only one person in retaliation for one murder. murder.<br />
(“tit ( tit for tat”) tat )
POISONING (also a cause <strong>of</strong> warfare):<br />
“Most Most poisoning is done at <strong>the</strong> large tsantsa victory feasts, where a dozen or<br />
more women <strong>of</strong> different households are continually circulating among among<br />
<strong>the</strong><br />
guests serving manioc beer. <strong>The</strong> poisoner, under such circumstances, circumstances,<br />
is very<br />
difficult to detect.
(IDEOLOGY)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Shuar-<strong>Jívaro</strong> Shuar <strong>Jívaro</strong> believe in three types <strong>of</strong> souls:<br />
1. Arutam (acquisition: hallucinogens)<br />
2. Muisak (innate)<br />
3. Nekás Wakani (innate)
KILLING AND WARFARE: “<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> majority <strong>of</strong> young men interviewed<br />
expressed a strong desire to kill:<br />
1. not only to avenge <strong>the</strong> deaths <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir fa<strong>the</strong>rs and o<strong>the</strong>r close close<br />
relatives,<br />
2. but to acquire <strong>the</strong> arutam soul power and to become respected and<br />
feared as kakaram. kakaram.<br />
To be acknowledged as a kakaram, kakaram,<br />
a man must have killed at least several<br />
persons. … If he acquits himself well, especially as evidenced by firing <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
first shot into <strong>the</strong> victim, word will rapidly spread <strong>of</strong> his apparent apparent<br />
power. power.<br />
Soon he will be approached by o<strong>the</strong>r men to lead <strong>the</strong>m in killing expeditions<br />
against <strong>the</strong>ir own enemies. <strong>The</strong> kakaram, kakaram,<br />
anxious to fur<strong>the</strong>r his reputation<br />
as well as to gain additional supernatural power through more killing, killing,<br />
rarely<br />
refuses such a request, even though it <strong>of</strong>ten means<br />
that he is agreeing to kill<br />
a fellow tribesman who is<br />
not even an enemy <strong>of</strong> his.<br />
(IDEOLOGY)
KILLING EXPEDITIONS: “<strong>Jívaro</strong> varo killing expeditions usually attack <strong>the</strong><br />
victim’s victim s house just before dawn. Late in <strong>the</strong> afternoon <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day prior prior<br />
to <strong>the</strong><br />
attack, <strong>the</strong> expedition halts in <strong>the</strong> forest about a quarter <strong>of</strong> a mile from its<br />
intended object. ... <strong>the</strong> participants must declare what kind <strong>of</strong> arutam <strong>the</strong>y<br />
had each seen ... as each ... does this, <strong>the</strong> soul <strong>of</strong> his arutam leaves his body<br />
forever, to roam <strong>the</strong> forest again as a wind, for arutam souls ‘are are satisfied<br />
with one killing.’ killing. ... Although each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m has just lost an arutam soul, <strong>the</strong><br />
power <strong>of</strong> that soul remains in <strong>the</strong> body, only ebbing away gradually. gradually.<br />
<strong>The</strong> complete loss <strong>of</strong> this power is<br />
believed to take about two weeks.<br />
As soon as <strong>the</strong> expedition kills its<br />
intended victim, all its members<br />
again become entitled to obtain<br />
<strong>the</strong> soul <strong>of</strong> a new arutam upon<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir return home. Sometimes<br />
<strong>the</strong> attackers fail in <strong>the</strong>ir assault<br />
on <strong>the</strong> intended victim’s victim s house<br />
... <strong>the</strong> expedition must immediately<br />
choose a new victim ...
Recipe for a Tsantsa :<br />
TSANTSA PREPARATION: “With With <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> a machete or knife, <strong>the</strong> victim’s victim s skin is<br />
peeled back from <strong>the</strong> uppermost part <strong>of</strong> his chest, shoulders and back, and <strong>the</strong> head<br />
and neck are cut <strong>of</strong>f as close as possible to <strong>the</strong> collarbone. <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong><br />
killer removes his own<br />
woven headband and passes it through <strong>the</strong> mouth and neck <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> head head<br />
and ties it over<br />
his shoulder to facilitate his retreat. Eventually, <strong>the</strong> head-taker head taker and his companions<br />
reach a spot beside a river:<br />
1. Make a slit up <strong>the</strong> rear <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> head, carefully cutting <strong>the</strong> skin from <strong>the</strong> skull and throwing<br />
<strong>the</strong> latter into <strong>the</strong> river.<br />
2. Boil <strong>the</strong> skin in plain water for no more than a half an hour taking taking<br />
care not to<br />
let <strong>the</strong> hair fall out.<br />
3. Lift out <strong>the</strong> skin, now reduced to about half size, with a stick and thrust it into <strong>the</strong> ground<br />
so that it will dry.<br />
4. Turn <strong>the</strong> skin inside out and scrape out all <strong>the</strong> flesh with a knife. knife.<br />
5. Heat five or six small stones in <strong>the</strong> fire, <strong>the</strong>n place <strong>the</strong>m inside inside<br />
<strong>the</strong> skin, rolling <strong>the</strong>m around<br />
until <strong>the</strong> head shrinks fur<strong>the</strong>r<br />
6. Now substitute hot sand and roll it around in <strong>the</strong> head for ano<strong>the</strong>r ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />
half hour.<br />
7. When done with this procedure <strong>the</strong> head is now about a quarter its its<br />
original size.<br />
8. (Get up and run like hell for home, lest <strong>the</strong> relatives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> victim victim<br />
catch up and kill you.)<br />
9. Stop every afternoon for about two or three hours to continue <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
hot sand treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
skin. In addition, press a machete heated to a red-hot red hot glow against <strong>the</strong> lips to dry <strong>the</strong>m<br />
10. Place three chonta palm pins through <strong>the</strong> lips, lash <strong>the</strong>m toge<strong>the</strong>r toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />
with string; also rub <strong>the</strong><br />
skin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tsantsa daily with finely powdered balsa wood charcoal charcoal<br />
so that it will become<br />
blackened and thus prevent <strong>the</strong> muisak <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> murdered man from seeing out.
SHAMANS (HALLUCINOGENS, TRAINING, AND<br />
CELIBACY):<br />
“... ... shamans are <strong>of</strong> two types: bewitchers and curers. . Both kinds take a<br />
hallucinogenic drink, whose <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo name is natemä, natem , in order to enter <strong>the</strong><br />
supernatural world. This brew, commonly called yajé yaj in Colombia,<br />
ayahuasca in Ecuador and Peru, and caapi in Brazil ... is prepared from<br />
Banisteriopsis. Banisteriopsis ... Shamans prefer to use natemä natem ra<strong>the</strong>r than maikua<br />
(Datura Datura arborea) arborea)<br />
for going into trances, because <strong>the</strong> potency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter is<br />
too great for <strong>the</strong> shaman to be able to function ritually in singing, sucking,<br />
and <strong>the</strong> accompanying social interaction. .... Given <strong>the</strong> presence presence<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> drug<br />
and <strong>the</strong> felt need to contact <strong>the</strong> ‘real, real,’ or supernatural, world, world,<br />
it is not<br />
surprising that approximately one out <strong>of</strong> every four <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo men is a shaman. shaman.<br />
...<br />
Laymen are not able to cure or bewitch, because <strong>the</strong>y do not have <strong>the</strong>se<br />
magical darts in <strong>the</strong>ir control.... Shamans send <strong>the</strong>se spirit helpers helpers<br />
into <strong>the</strong><br />
victim’s victim s bodies to make <strong>the</strong>m ill or to kill <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
Continued
To give <strong>the</strong> novice some tsentsak, <strong>the</strong> practicing shaman regurgitates regurgitates<br />
what<br />
appears to be-- be--to<br />
to those who have taken natemä-- natem --a a brilliant substance in<br />
which <strong>the</strong> spirit helpers are contained. ... <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo believe <strong>the</strong>y can keep<br />
magical darts in <strong>the</strong>ir stomachs indefinitely and regurgitate <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong>m<br />
at will ...<br />
<strong>The</strong> novice must remain inactive and not engage in sexual intercourse intercourse<br />
for<br />
several months. ... At <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first month, a tsentsak emerges emerges<br />
from his<br />
mouth. With this magical dart at his disposal, <strong>the</strong> new shaman experiences a<br />
tremendous desire to bewitch. ... Only if <strong>the</strong> novice shaman is able to abstain<br />
from sexual intercourse for five months, will he have <strong>the</strong> power to kill a man<br />
(if he is a bewitcher) or cure a victim (if he is a curer).
THE HIDDEN WORLD: “<strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo believe that <strong>the</strong> true determinants <strong>of</strong><br />
life and death are normally invisible forces which can be seen and and<br />
utilized<br />
only with <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> hallucinogenic drugs. <strong>The</strong> normal waking life is explicitly<br />
viewed as ‘false false’ or ‘a a lie’ lie and it is firmly believed that truth about causality is<br />
to be found by entering <strong>the</strong> supernatural world or what <strong>the</strong> <strong>Jívaro</strong> J varo view as <strong>the</strong><br />
‘real real’ world, for <strong>the</strong>y feel that <strong>the</strong> events which take place within it underlie<br />
and are <strong>the</strong> basis for many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> surface manifestations and mysteries mysteries<br />
<strong>of</strong><br />
daily life. life.<br />
Thus, within a few days <strong>of</strong> birth, a baby is given a hallucinogenic<br />
drug to help it enter <strong>the</strong> ‘real real’ world and hopefully to obtain help in surviving<br />
<strong>the</strong> hazards <strong>of</strong> infancy ... Even hunting dogs are given <strong>the</strong>ir own special<br />
hallucinogen to provide <strong>the</strong>m with <strong>the</strong> essential contact with <strong>the</strong> supernatural<br />
plane. plane.<br />
...