Feet — return and grounding
ritual return to ordinary orientation
The feet are used here as an editorial return-and-grounding symbol after visionary work. This is not a claim that Shipibo cosmology assigns a fixed plant organ to the feet.
Point 6 of 6 in Shipibo Icaro Plant Paths
Cross-tradition overlaps
- Feet — return and grounding ↔ Ground and return (coincident)
Sources
Gebhart-Sayer, M. “The Geometric Designs of the Shipibo-Conibo in Ritual Context,” (scholarly_modern)
Documents Shipibo-Conibo design, healing and cosmological relations in ritual context; see the article’s discussion of geometric pattern, song and healing.
Luis Eduardo Luna and Steven F. White (eds.), Ayahuasca Reader (secondary)
Bernd Brabec de Mori, “About Musical Spirits and Powerful Sounds,” (scholarly_modern)