Basic Terms and Definitions in Inca Shamanism

Monday, September 3rd, 2012

Apus – referred to as “winged beings; the collective mountain spirits.

despacho – an offering to Pachamama or the Great Earth Mother. It is a circular arrangement, or mandala, embellished with k’intus (prayer leaves), grains, candy, and other colorful symbolic objects representing the lower, middle, and upper worlds.

energetic collective – the essential level of spirit

Hanaq Pacha – the upper world

illa – creation

k’intus – leaves holding prayer, a group of three leaves holding intent

kausay – the energy of creation

Kay Pacha – the middle world

kuya – a stone that is part of a shamans’s mesa

mesa – a collection of individual stones assembled over time that are a living representation of a shaman’s medicine body.

munay – universal feeling of love

p’aqo – a medicine person

pacha – an intersection of time and space that contains kausay, or life energy, that is a significant marker in a person’s life

Pachamama – Mother Earth

tupay – resolving and healing conflict through working with one’s mesa

Uhu Pacha – the lower world

waka – a power spot in nature

yanai – clear vision

 

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