Jivero

huichol-yarn.jpg (22680 bytes)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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