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A Mythical Analysis Of A Yaqui Way Of Knowledge
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....do research on medicinal plants. While at a bus station, he
met an extraordinary man. His name was don Juan Mateus, but I will refer to him
as don Juan. Don Juan, a Yaqui "brujo" or shaman, decides to teach Carlos the
"Yaqui way of knowledge." It is not known if these stories are fiction or non-
fiction and many cr.... Part 2 of Paper
.... throughout his stories.
Views of the natural world including plant life, animal life, and elements are
all personified. Everything is embodied with spirit. Concepts of reality are
altered through drug induced states. Mushrooms and peyote are mainly used in
rituals that don Juan uses to teach Carlos his way of knowledge: Mescalito, the
"spirit" of the peyote plant, indicated to don Juan that Carlos was the "chosen"
one, the person to whom don Juan should pass on his knowledge(CLC,87). Don Ju.... |
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