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The Shamanic Art

The most common form of tobacco consumption in Central America... was smoking, usually using cigars or a simple form of cigarette... consisting of cured strips of tobacco, wrapped in musa leaves or 
corn husks.  The act of smoking... was not merely a method of
tobacco consumption, but an integral part of ritual.

Shamans used tobacco smoke... for healing and blessing, and
also as a form of food... to nourish their guiding spirits.  Shamans  believed that they entered into a contract... with the spirit world...
upon initiation, whereby they undertook to provide sustenance to 
the spirits... in the form of tobacco, in return for receiving healing
and other powers.

 



 

“The Rainforest Shaman... is a healer, knower of medicine 
and ceremony, for the healing of the mind, body and soul... through
his mystical teachings and his connection with the Spirit and the 
Spirit  Worlds. “

“A Rainforest Shaman... is said to be... able to enter 
the upper and lower spirit realms, to walk on the wind...
and between the worlds. 

A Rainforest Shaman... knows herbs and the uses of them... 
as medicine and in ceremony, dance, vision quests and healings.”

The preferred implement... for smoking tobacco... was the cigar,
which could be of prodigious size, especially those prepared by shamans... where examples of a meter or more in length, are not  uncommon.

These were made from rolls... of cured tobacco, often wrapped
around a stick... or the rib of a banana leaf.  Some tribes...
developed special cigar supports, resembling giant tuning forks,
which could be held in the hand or whose sharp end... could be
stuck in the ground... to support these monsters.
 

Shamans’ cigars... occasionally were sprinkled with "carana" granules... which affected the vocal cords... and  masked the 
voice... of the smoker, giving it a harsh, deep inflection... which
was considered appropriate... for ritual discourse between 
mankind... and the spiritual powers.

 

 

Cigar Tobacco... in the Costa Rica Indian Tradition... is used
for purification, connection with the divine and recreation.  It plays
a major role... in many Shamanistic traditions and is an integral 
part of their culture.

“Tobacco-producing plants... are exclusively of the genus Nicotiana, and Nicotianas.. which belong to one of the largest genera of the  nightshade family, (Solanaceae).

Cigar tobacco, is used in a very spiritual sense, being considered  food for the soul, also a method to directly contact the spirits.

“The foundation of Shamanism... which is, in effect, the 
power to cross... between cosmic layers”.  
 


Village Shamans... were thought to assume,
by night, the form of a powerful animal,
such as a jaguar, a serpent, or an eagle.
 

 

 The Mystic Encounters
of the Chaman...

 

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