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

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199 IN DE X Page numbers in italic text indicate illustrations. absolutism, 185n7 Akashic Records of Mother Earth, 153 alchemy, 82 Allen, C. J., 41, 45, 66, 75, 140 altitude sickness. See sorache Amado, 19, 110, 162, 187n1; on adaptability, 57; on Andean cosmos, 44–45; on ayni, 41; background of, 24; on Chavín, 92; on death, 111–12; on energy blockages, 44; on hanaq pacha, 41; as healer and teacher, 25; Juan Luis compared to, 35–36; on kay pacha, 42; on Lanzón, 96, 102; on nothingness, 31; on pachacuti, 51; on reaction to energy, 107–8; on reality, 29, 175; on unpartnered people, 139 Andean cosmos: Amado on, 44–45; Christianity incompatibility with, 44–45; on destiny, 108; energies of, 41, 187n2; on good and evil, 106, 108, 113–14, 176; on karma, 112; on murder, 108, 109; reincarnation and, 112–13 Andean epistemological system: integration of, 28; relationship between entities and energy in, 30 Andean ideology: on creation, 54; Fernandez on, 6; inclusiveness of, 5; on time and space, 51–52 Andean model: of reality, 30, 65, 70, 72; of time and space, 53 Andean people, 136, 183n1, 183n3; marriage of, 4, 140; world as dialectical process for, 64–65 Andean philosophy: complementary dualism allegiance of, 4, 6; GlassCoffin on, 73–74; global interaction and, 178; ideological commitment within, 23; illness and, 43; on male and female polarity, 137, 140; mind or spirit or soul perceived by, 40; symbols and, 120; Taoism compared to, 2; understanding of, 16; Western culture compared to, 120, 175–78 Andean shaman, 43, 67 Ani, M., 52–53 animals, 94–95, 191n8. See also condor; puma; serpent antagonistic split, in Western philosophical models, 2 index 200 Apffel-Marglin, F., 29, 121 Apu Ausangate (mountain), 126, 170 apus (trickster energy): power of, 108; reaction toward, 106–7; response to, 107 Apu Yanantin (mountain), 118, 130, 132–33, 135 autoethnography, 7, 180–82; approach of, 8; Chang on, 10–11; Ellis on, 8, 10–11; interpretation phase of, 11–13; validation process and, 14 Avenida del Sol (Avenue of the Sun), 49 ayahuasca (hallucinogen), 78, 92 ayni (reciprocity), 51; Allen on, 41; as Andean life hallmark, 40–41; as balancing principle of Creation, 65; complementary dualism and, 40; global interaction for, 179; need for, 41; tinkuy and, 189n2 Bastien, J. W., 66, 188n7 Behar, R., 14 binary classification, 184n6 Black and White Stone Portal, 99–100 brujo (sorcerer), 109–10 Burger, R. L., 94, 95, 100, 105 Bush, George W., 108–9, 171, 172 Campo Ganadero, 67 Campo Justiciero, 67 Campo Medio, 68 Caputo, J. D., 177 ceremony: apprehension of, 39–40; balance needed for, 111; for finding yanantin, 27–28. See also San Pedro ceremony certain. See seguro chakra, 5 Chang, H., 10–11 chaupin (feminine), 77–89, 191n4; description of, 88; translation of, 87, 190n10 Chavín, 91, 190n1, 191n4; Amado on, 92; as mother culture, 92–93, 190n2; Rick on, 93–94; ritual activity in, 92–93; vibrations of, 97; yanantin-masintin and, 92 Chavín iconography, 191n7; animals and, 94–95, 191n8; Burger and Rowe on, 95; fang motif in, 98, 191n10; as mind challenging, 95; tenon heads motif in, 90, 98, 191n11; visual confusion of, 95 chawpi (masculine), 87, 190n10 Christian devil, ukhu pacha compared to, 42 Christianity: Andean cosmos incompatibility with, 44–45; good and evil and, 114 Classen, C., 59, 138, 188n6, 188n7 coca tea. See maté de coca complementary dualism, 2, 184n5; Andean philosophy allegiance to, 4, 6; ayni and, 40; in Cuzco, 23; high art inspired by, 182; modernists and postmodernists on, 174; multidimensional, multivoiced interpretation of, 8–9; as philosophical model, 14–15, 174; research validity on, 13, 182; worldview of, 23 complementary opposites. See yanantin condor, 45; carving representation of, 54–56; hanaq pacha and, 41 Conklin, W. J., 191n7 consciousness, 174, 186n12; energy blockages and, 46; hard problem of, 45; stream-of, 10; time as unidirectional progression of, 53; tinkuy battle of, 69; of yanantin, 57–58 cosmic referential program, 58 cosmic weaving. See illawi Cosmic Will, 110 Cosmos and History: The Myth of the Eternal Return (Eliade), 52 creation, 40; Andean ideology on, 54; ayni as balancing principle of, 65; as daily activity, 54; of Pachamama, 96; of tinkuy, 64; wisdom and, 96 index 201 Cruz, A. C., 53, 64 culture: Chavín, 92–93, 190n2; of Cuzco, 23. See also Western culture curanderismo, 73 cuscan (union...