Eyámikekwa y el ayahuasquero: Las dinámicas socioecológicas del chamanismo Ese Eja
Amazonía Peruana December 14, 2000 Miguel N. Alexiades 1 citation
This article describes two shamanic complexes among the Ese Eja people. The first centers on the eyámilukwa, the traditional healer. The second, introduced around the turn of the century, relies on the plant hallucinogen ayahuasca and is closely tied to contact with mestizos and other Amazonian groups (deja). Unlike eyámikekwa rituals, ayahuasca ceremonies and discourse repeatedly reference deja, manufactured objects, trees, and certain aquatic animals. The article examines the meaning of these shamanic models and their interactions in the context of social and ecological change as relations between the Ese Eja and national society intensify.