Leanna Wolfe Summer 2006
Anthropology 121
Quiz #8
On the Peyote Road
1. T/F A peyote ceremony is akin to a prayer meeting during which peyote is eaten by participants under leadership of a road man.
2. What are the four elements of the Peyote rite? (pick four)
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prayer b. singing c. drumming d. eating the Peyote e. tripping f. contemplation
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3. How is Peyote taken? (select all that apply)
a. by enema b. eating the plant (fresh or dried) c. intravenous injection d. smoking e. as a tea f. snorting the powder
4. How much Peyote is usually taken?
5. T/F The Navajo tribal government one decreed that the peyote religion was illegal.
6. How might a shaman use peyote to heal a sick person?
7. What is happening when a sick person vomits from having taken Peyote?
8. What are some of the ways that Peyote teaches?
9. Why might nonmembers of the Native American Church have different experiences under the influence of Peyote than members?
Ritual Enemas
1. The ancient Maya apparently administered intoxicating substances by: (select those that apply)
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smoking b. drinking c. enema d. snorting e. rubbing ointment onto the skin
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2. T/F Distillation was widely practiced in the New World.
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T/F Ritual enemas were used throughout the New World.
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4. What hallucinogens were used in ancient Mexico? (select all that apply)
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morning glory b. peyote c. psilocybin (magic) mushrooms d. LSD e. Tobacco
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5. T/F The Maya were quite unlike their Mexican contemporaries, being less preoccupied with warfare and getting high.
6. What evidence established that the Maya did make ritual use of intoxicants?
7. How were enemas used in the Old World?
8. T/F Intoxicants administered rectally closely resemble intravenous injection in the speed of their effects.
9. What equipment did the Maya use to administer enemas?
The Sound of Rushing Water
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Where do the Jivaro live?
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2. T/F The Jivaro believe that witchcraft is the cause of the vast majority of illnesses and non-violent deaths.
3. Why do the Jivaro consider normal waking life to be “a lie?”
4. The Jivaro recognize which two kinds of shamans?
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curing b. diagnostic c. bewitching d. possessing e. magical
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What is the Jivaro hallucinogenic drink natema made from?
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peyote b. tobacco c. ayahuasca d. psilocybin mushrooms e. Datura
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6. T/F Anthropologist Michael Harner drank natema as a means to access the reality of his informants.
7. T/F About 25% of Jivaro men become shamans.
8. Under what conditions can a Jivaro shaman access tsentsak (his spirit helpers)?
9. T/F While curing under the influence of natema, the curing shaman can see the shaman who bewitched his patient.
10. How might a shaman take powers away from another shaman?