Song seat at chest

relational and affective centre of healing song

Healing songs are described within relational networks among healer, patient, plants and more-than-human beings. The chest point is an editorial seat for that relation and does not assert a fixed Shipibo organ doctrine.

Icaro crown entryIcaro voice gateSong seat at chestSong seat at chestHands — patterned emissionBelly — purge and integrationFeet — return and grounding

Point 3 of 6 in Shipibo Icaro Plant Paths

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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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)

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