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varayoq:
See,
warayoq.
vegetal
(Span): (n) Another name for ayahuasca.
AYV
vegetales
que enseñan (Span):
(n) Plants that teach. See, plant teachers. MSIN
vegetalista
(Span): (n) Indigenous healer who employs plants. By far, in the
Peruvian Amazon, most are ayahuasceros.
You can only become a good vegetalista by keeping a diet or fasting for years, then you become one
that knows the science of the muraya, of
the sumiruna, and of the banco, which are the three highest levels in
the traditional vegetalista medicine in the Amazon. These
differentiated levels are not consistent throughout the Amazon, and are
in places used interchangeably. AYV
vicuña: (n) (Vicugna
vicugna) is one of two wild South American camelids, along with the guanaco, which live in the altiplano. It is a relative of the llama and the alpaca.
Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very
expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years. When
knitted together, the product of the vicuña's fur is very soft and
warm. It is understood that the Inca raised
vicuñas for their wool, and that it was against the law for any but
royalty to wear vicuña garments. Both under the rule of the Inca and
today, vicuñas have been protected by law. Before being declared
endangered in 1974, only about 6,000 animals were left. Today, the
vicuña have recovered to about 125,000 individuals and are still
considered endangered. WIKI

Vicuña.
WIKI
Vichama:
See,
Wichama.
vilca,
villca:
See,
willka. ROR
Vilcabamba:
(n) [Since there is no “V” or “B” in Quechua (entering the
language from Spanish) it would be in the original Quechua Willkapampa,
literally meaning sacred ground or sacred valley.] The
last stronghold of the Inca and a spiritual
center. The shamans of Vilcabamba are
very pure in their medicine. JLH
Last stronghold under Manco Capac
after his rebellion against the Spanish. (See, Appendix H, willka,
and Espiritu Pampa.)
Vilcanota
River: See,
Willkamayu.
vinagre
bully (Span):
(n) Medicinal vinegar, sprayed to counteract the power of a visiting shadow. Like rubbing alcohol, it is used to despachar after a ritual cleansing (limpia). GOL
Viracocha:
See,
Wiracocha.
virapirico: See, wirapirico.
virola
(Amaz): (n) A type of entheogenic
snuff. AYV
virote:
(n) A magical dart often thrown by a sorcerer
with the intention of causing illness or death. Such malevolent darts
are made from the thorns of various plants and trees, the beak of
certain birds, the fangs of snakes, or the hair of the casha-cushillo. AYV
The magic construction of virote with the impeccability of the healer
transfers an amount of sober and compassionate energy (dart) into the
patient, sticking it on top of a negative imprint.
SPP
A sharp object that can be made from either thorns like the ones of the
huiririma (Astrocaryum
jauari), the huicungo (Astrocarium
vulgare), and the supay-casha caspi
(unidentified); animal bones or teeth (for instance, a piranha tooth),
usually employed by brujos to cause harm
or to kill. Virotes can be active or passive depending on whether they
are meant for offense or defense, respectively. EMM
They are phlegms that penetrate the body of the victims. MSIN See, mariri, yachay
(def.2), chonta.
virtud (Span):
(n) Virtue; spirit-power. GOL
viscacha,
vizcacha:
(n) Rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in
the family Chinchillidae. They are closely related to
chinchillas and look similar to rabbits, apart from their longer tails.
They are found in the Andes, the pampas of Argentina, the Peruvian
Andes and in the Atacama desert of Chile. WIKI They sit
like monks muttering incantations to the sun. WNET

A
viscacha.
vision (Eng): (n)
It is the opening of the sixth sense, or the power to visualize things
[during journey or a shamanic session]. The shaman sees
real life as if it were a scene on television as well as symbols or
lights. It is the unfoldment of oneself across time, distance, and
matter, not sight as we commonly refer to it. You do not see with the
eyes but you see cerebrally, you see internally. All of the five senses
manifest themselves internally -- not in a physical fashion, but
within: smell, vision, all of them. Your spirit, your double, your
personality has unfolded and you are elsewhere. Your being is not
seeing from here. The eyes at that moment are turned off. WOFW (See, Appendix I, seeing,
and vision..)
vista (Span):
(n) Sight; vision. Ability to see into the spirit world and to perceive
objects and events that exist beyond sensory reality. GOL (See, Appendix I, seeing,
and vision.)
vista
en virtud (Span): (n)
The visual manifestation of an encanto. GOL
vllitatatha
(AYM): (v) Open the eyes. ASD
vma
(AYM): (n) Water. ASD
vraque
(AYM): (n) Ground or Earth. ASD
vruquipatha
(AYM): (v) To enter the day before the rising of the Sun. ASD
vrutati
pacha
(AYM): (n) Time of great ice. ASD
vrutta
(AYM): (n) Full Moon. ASD
vtucani
layca, vtcani
layca (AYM): (n) A professional sorcerer,
professor in the art. VLA In a
contemporary context, the word carries a malevolent connotation. FPRA