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ecstatic flight (Eng): (n) See, journey.
ehupi (AYM): (n) Honor. ASD
Ekkeko, Ekeko: (1) A god of wealth. EFD A Bolivian god of plenty and wealth. According to an ancient legend, when you place a miniature object in or on a doll representing the god, you will receive what you wish for the following year. It is considered bad luck to remove those objects from the doll. WPO (2) (lower case, ekkeko) An elemental of the mountain; a benefactor who provides the fruits of Pachamama. JLH
empacho (Span): Literally, embarassment. Illness related with disharmony of the solar plexus energy. WAN
encantero (Span): (n) A curandero specialized in working with the encantos. EMM
encanto (Span): (n) Literally, enchantment. A special stone with healing properties. Encantos can have different colours -- black, white, aqua, red, emerald -- with each colour corresponding to a specific use in curing an illness. EMM The stones can be of a peculiar shape, resembling, e.g., a snake or jaguar claw. The spirit of the stone protects and gives special dreams to the owner of the stone. Vegetalistas claim that the true nature of these stones is seen under the effects of ayahuasca, when one is able to see the powerful spirits that live inside them. They are used for healing -- for instance, by rubbing the patient with an encanto in the place where illness is located -- or as a defense by invoking the spirits. AYV (See, rumi, khuya.)
energy center: (Eng) A reference to yachay, munay or ll’ankay, also encompassing the chakras of the Hindu system of life energy.
enqa: (n) Life force contained in an enqaychu. ROR Origin of Inca; health, balance, well-being. JLH
enqaychu: (n) A small stone, natural or carved, that resembles an animal, human or object, considered to contain life force and the power to bring good things to one’s life. Also called an illa. ROR
entheogenic (Greek): (n) The word entheogen is a modern term derived from two Ancient Greek words, entheos and genesthai. Entheos means literally in God, more freely translated inspired. Genesthai means to cause to be. So an entheogen is that which causes (a person) to be in God. In its strictest sense the term refers to a psychoactive substance (most often some plant matter) that occasions enlightening spiritual or mystical experience. In a broader sense, the word refers to artificial as well as natural substances that induce alterations of consciousness similar to those documented for ritual ingestion of traditional shamanic inebriants, even if it is used in a secular context. EWO
entropy (Eng): (n) In thermodynamics, a measure of the amount of energy not available for work during a natural process. RHCD
Epunamun: (n) Inca god of mercenary war. DRB
espiritu (Span): (n) Spirit, ghost. PSL
espiritu pacha: (n) Spirit world (sp.). PSL
Espiritu Pampa: (n) The plain of the spirits, located some 170 km northwest of Cusco, was discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911, just a few weeks after his discovery of Machu Picchu. This is considered to be Vilcabamba, the lost city of the Inca (sp). HDP
estimular el canto (Span): Literally, to stimulate the singing. Ayahuasca sessions are noted for visual and auditory (even olfactory) hallucinations of spirits dancing and singing and playing instruments. Guardian spirits bring icaros to the vegetalista. AYV
estrella: (n) (Span) The star or spirit of an apu. The summoning of the paq’o by a physical manifestation of the estrella. May take the form of bulls, condors, hummingbirds or pumas, or come in a dream as a glowing human figure in a white robe. Sacred lagoons may also send estrellas. KOAK
ewanqelio: See, iwanqiliu.
Extirpation of Idolotry (Eng): (n) The title given to the colonial religious office in the archbishopric of Lima, established in 1610, charged with the eradication the Andean religions. IBCN Jesuit missionaries were impressed upon that their very first duty, upon entering a village, was to get their hands on the lineage huaca and destroy it. If the paqarina could be located and destroyed or defaced, so much the better. SIMA