Not to be confused with Tsantsa, the Shuar word for shrunken head.[1]
Tsentsak are invisible pathogenic projectiles or magical darts utilized in indigenous and mestizo shamanic practices for the purposes of sorcery and healing throughout much the Amazon Basin. Anthropologists identify them as objects referenced in emic accounts that represent indigenous beliefs. Tsentak are not recognized in scientific medicine.
Shaman from an equatorial Amazonian forest, June 2006
Tsentsak are invisible pathogenic projectiles or magical darts utilized in indigenous and mestizo shamanic practices for the purposes of sorcery and healing...
they could be killed by tsentsak, invisible darts. Any unexplained death was attributed to such tsentsak. Although tsentsak are animate, they do not...
believed to contain the essence of their power in the form of virotes, tsentsak, darts, arrows, or splinters of bone that are believed to be contained...
possesses all knowledge regarding tsentsak and has the power to provide shamans with a special crystal form of tsentsak that are particularly powerful....
indigenous groups like the Shuar, these virotes are often referred to as tsentsak. Magic Stones Magic stones, piedras encantadas, are an important tool in...
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