Consume and Transform: Perfumes and healing in vegetalista healing practices of the Peruvian Amazon
The use of perfumes, incense, colognes, and plant and flower essences in Amazonian healing practices is a hallmark feature of vegetalismo, a form of healing in Peru’s Amazonian regions. Sprayed, smoked, rubbed on bodies, and poured in medicinal baths, these odorous tools are vital allies to the cura...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Anthropological Association
2022
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| In: |
Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2022, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 175-201 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Peru
/ Amazonastiefland (Nordwest)
/ Medicinal plant
/ Shamanism
/ Eau de Cologne
/ Sensory stimulation
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBR Latin America ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Shamanism
B Ayahuasca B Olfaction B Peru B Perfumes |
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