Jivero
Native
Americans of Ecuador: about one third are shamans.
Shamans maintain that the real world can only be seen with
use of hallucinogens, so they use them more or less continually.
The real world is a frightening place. Shamans
compete for power by finding and throwing spirit darts. Sickness and misfortune are
all caused by the actions of shamans in the non-empirical world.
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