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Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru

Hillary S. Webb

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Description:“I first heard the word yanantin back in 2000 when I traveled to Peru to learn about Andean indigenous philosophy. Something about the word resonated deeply within me. Perhaps it caught my attention because it felt so counter to the Western paradigm that I had been raised in, a paradigm in which the opposites are typically seen as antagonistic and, therefore, as existing in a perpetual war for dominance. Seven years later I returned to Peru to conduct an ethnographic study in which I would attempt to shed light on indigenous Andeans’ psychological experience of yanantin. _Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World_ recounts the events that took place during my fieldwork in Peru as I attempted not only to understand but to integrate complementary dualism within my own worldview.”-Hillary S. WebbFrom the cover:When psychological anthropologist Dr. Hillary Webb went to Peru to study the Andean concept of yanantin or “complementary opposites,” she arrived with the intent to use a traditional ethnographic approach in which she would attempt to understand how this remarkable philosophical perspective is lived by the indigenous Peruvians themselves. But when she asked a young shaman named Amado to explain yanantin, she was given an answer that would not only change the way she viewed the research process, but one that would shake the philosophical foundation within which she was raised.“Out of respect I do not define yanantin,” he said. And then, “May I suggest that you download the information from the cosmos instead?”_Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World_ is more than a scholarly study. It is also a psycho-spiritual autobiography that tells the story of Dr. Webb's eventual "download"—a process that included entering into ceremony with the mescaline-bearing cactus, San Pedro. In this ground-breaking book, Webb recounts experiences and conversations pertaining to the indigenous Andean view of such polarities as male and female, mind and body, life and death, good and evil, and much more. “An outstanding, important work ... In addition to adding to the ethnographic literature about these fundamental concepts that inform Andean world views, it adds a fabulous case example that will be cited long into the future” –Bonnie Glass-Coffin, PhD, author of The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern PeruWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru. To get started finding Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 224

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Release: 2012

ISBN: 0826350720

Description: “I first heard the word yanantin back in 2000 when I traveled to Peru to learn about Andean indigenous philosophy. Something about the word resonated deeply within me. Perhaps it caught my attention because it felt so counter to the Western paradigm that I had been raised in, a paradigm in which the opposites are typically seen as antagonistic and, therefore, as existing in a perpetual war for dominance. Seven years later I returned to Peru to conduct an ethnographic study in which I would attempt to shed light on indigenous Andeans’ psychological experience of yanantin. _Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World_ recounts the events that took place during my fieldwork in Peru as I attempted not only to understand but to integrate complementary dualism within my own worldview.”-Hillary S. WebbFrom the cover:When psychological anthropologist Dr. Hillary Webb went to Peru to study the Andean concept of yanantin or “complementary opposites,” she arrived with the intent to use a traditional ethnographic approach in which she would attempt to understand how this remarkable philosophical perspective is lived by the indigenous Peruvians themselves. But when she asked a young shaman named Amado to explain yanantin, she was given an answer that would not only change the way she viewed the research process, but one that would shake the philosophical foundation within which she was raised.“Out of respect I do not define yanantin,” he said. And then, “May I suggest that you download the information from the cosmos instead?”_Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World_ is more than a scholarly study. It is also a psycho-spiritual autobiography that tells the story of Dr. Webb's eventual "download"—a process that included entering into ceremony with the mescaline-bearing cactus, San Pedro. In this ground-breaking book, Webb recounts experiences and conversations pertaining to the indigenous Andean view of such polarities as male and female, mind and body, life and death, good and evil, and much more. “An outstanding, important work ... In addition to adding to the ethnographic literature about these fundamental concepts that inform Andean world views, it adds a fabulous case example that will be cited long into the future” –Bonnie Glass-Coffin, PhD, author of The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern PeruWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru. To get started finding Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World: Complementary Dualism in Modern Peru, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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