Pedro Casanto’s Nightmares: Lucid Dreaming in Amazonia and the New Age Movement
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America December 1, 2003 Fernando Santos-Granero
Taking as a point of departure the recurring nightmares of a Yanesha boy, the author examines the dream theories and practices of Yanesha people of Peruvian Amazonia. Particular emphasis is placed on the conscious manipulation of actions taking place in nightmares. This practice, common to many indigenous peoples throughout the world, has become known in Western tradition as “lucid dreaming.”...