Bwiti Tribe Case Study

1. They connect the ordinary world by using plants to reach to the spirt world this plants connects shaman to the sprits they are trying to reach. Castaneda was introduced to Peyote that connected him to the spirt Mescalito who was a teacher, but in order to connect with him he had to take something from the Mother Earth to be connected with this spirit. Shaman believe that Mother Earth is how they can connect with the ordinary world because she proves them with the ingredients they need to connect with their spirits. The plants aren’t they only thing shaman use from the ordinary world in order to connect to the spirit world they use music and dance to help them connect with different spirits. Music and dance are used to deep the trance of
There are some similarities to the with indigenous scared and using MDMA with the combination of music and dancing it helps to deepen the trance of the drug and the plants used it takes these individual to another world. It also can cause them to become sick and throw up if they consumed to much of the plant or drug. The difference between the two is what they are used for. For Indigenous tribe these ritual is used to taken to the spirit world, to connect with the ancestors, or to be consider a true adult in the Bwiti Tribe. MDMA is used to have a high that take you away from everyday life it is used for a good time and can also become an addiction because the drug has an additive state. Though they both use music and dancing as a way to deep the trance it is used for two different
One common element is the belief that mother earth is in danger because of the way she is treated by everyone else in the world. Indigenous groups do believe in globe warming is real and that is we don’t treat her better we won’t have a mother earth to live on. Another element is the belief in the spirit world and that is another reality to the world we know now. Plants is another element they have in common because they use plants for multiple reasons for healing, spiritual awaken, reconnecting with ancestors, or initiation. Another element is religion many indigenous tribes believe in the same spirits guides or religion. They are a coherent belief system because they believe in the same belief, but are still different in their own