“…And there I was, trying to find a crevice from which I could watch the vanishing world of animism. I felt admiration for a culture where the main depositaries of knowledge were its women. A culture that respected the woods, who knew their secrets and the medicinal plants that grew in them and from which they only took the leaves, roots or barks that they needed. Above all, a culture that instead of rejecting those that were different, knew how to channel the extraordinary energy of people who in other latitudes would be considered outcasts or madmen and turn them into depositaries of  a very ancient knowledge. This could only be achieved by going into a state of trance, The rituals and stories about geniuses fascinated me because they were beautiful metaphors. The Komian people allowed themselves to be possessed by something that already inhabited inside them and through a great control of the trance techniques, they managed to bring to the surface a hidden part within themselves: the sacred element inside them…”

Ficha técnica: Viaje al país de las almas

ISBN: 84-8191-257-3        

978-84-8191-257-9

Autor: Esteva, Jordi

Lengua: Castellano

Publicación: Valencia : Editorial Pre-Textos , 06/1999

Descripción: 150 p. : il. ; 33x24 cm

Encuadernación: rústica

Precio: 21,96 €

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