La percepción del sonido durante la ceremonia ancestral del yagé

Abstract

Sound has been used for millennia in the diverse aboriginal cultures of the world, within practices of very different kinds to heal physical ailments and stabilize the psyche. The ethnic groups of the Putumayo department have the shamanic ritual of Yagé as a tradition, in which the taita, who presides over the ceremony, performs songs and rhythmic sounds with which he accompanies each moment of the trance, according to the needs of the participants. In this work, we will inquire into the way the participant in this ritual perceives the different sounds directed by the taita to their body, and we will see how, throughout this experience, this perception changes along with their consciousness. We will employ the latest studies carried out by science to understand the perception of sound and what role it plays in the ontology of the subject and their relationship with the world; we will also use the ancient knowledge coming from perennial philosophy to understand the changes in the consciousness of the subject during the shamanic ritual and how this relationship of the subject with the world, when seen from another perspective, enables the participant to heal and make different learnings in order to be happy.