(Caption to a photo) < the manager of our Ani Shinan community tells us a bit about the Copaiba (left) and Katawa (right) trees during a medicinal plant and tree tour in the jungle > www.anishinan.org/post/ayahuasca-teacher-tree-dietas
> Katawa (Ana in Shipibo)
> Katawa is a tree that is normally dieted for 6 months.
> Besides being used for dietas, it is used by the Shipibo for fishing because its poisonous sap paralyzes the fish in the water.
Jan 06, 2013 - Iquitos, Peru: Ayahuasca (Part 12/2)
> there are shamans and various sorts of plant doctores. Without them, people would be helpless against all harms. With them, life is frightening and bitter and short. Not all shamans are good guys. Some are witches.
> It's the jungle life, one of superstition and irrationality that one cannot change in the person living it. I remember it.
> I'm not a science guy.
> There is another story... a dark and frightening story of katawa and the family of poison drinkers.
> my book, AN OCCASIONAL WALKER is available here: www.amazon.com/Occasional-Walker-D-W/dp/0987761501/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1331063095&amp;sr=1-1
Some reviews and comments on it: http://nodhimmitude.blogspot.com/2012/04/dagness-at-noon.html