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Alpha Revista de Artes Letras y Filosofía

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Onayabaon Shinan: conciencia y cosmos en la sabiduría ancestral Shipibo-Konibo

Alpha Revista de Artes Letras y Filosofía October 15, 2026 Pedro Martín Favaron

This article examines a possible Indigenous conception of consciousness based on the reflections and visionary practices of the onanya (wisdom keepers of the Shipibo-Konibo nation), in contrast to the reductionist interpretations of neuroscience. While the latter tends to explain consciousness as a mere product of the brain, Indigenous reflections understand it as a relational faculty that...