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M McSomething Member Ottawa, On Joined: Nov 09, 2006 Posts: 1	M McSomething Posted posted on Thu, Nov 9, 2006 7:44 AM The Jivaro believe a person may possess three "souls" or "essences". Everyone has an "ordinary soul" or "true soul" called nekas. Through visions, particularly with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, a person acquired a second "soul", or arutam. The Jivaro believe that ordinary waking life is a "lie" or "false", and that only through the acquisition of arutam can a person enter the "real" or spiritual world. Jivaro babies are fed hallucinogenics to help them enter this real world. Once acquired, the arutam exists eternally. A third soul, call miusak, is linked to the acquired soul or arutam. It is the miusak, or "avenging soul", that has significance in the practice of headhunting and head shrinking. How about: Nekutamak (a combination of nekas, arutam and miusak)

The Jivaro believe a person may possess three "souls" or "essences". Everyone has an "ordinary soul" or "true soul" called nekas. Through visions, particularly with the aid of hallucinogenic drugs, a person acquired a second "soul", or arutam. The Jivaro believe that ordinary waking life is a "lie" or "false", and that only through the acquisition of arutam can a person enter the "real" or spiritual world. Jivaro babies are fed hallucinogenics to help them enter this real world. Once acquired, the arutam exists eternally. A third soul, call miusak, is linked to the acquired soul or arutam. It is the miusak, or "avenging soul", that has significance in the practice of headhunting and head shrinking.

How about: Nekutamak (a combination of nekas, arutam and miusak)

Post #265470 by McSomething on Thu, Nov 9, 2006 7:44 AM