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Sacred Tobacco
Hapé/Rapé is a sacred shamanic medicine and tool that has been used by tribes of the Amazon basin for thousands of years and is an essential part of tribal culture in Brazil. Hapé is blown into the nostrils. Hapé is in the form of fine dust which is traditionally prepared by ceremonial pounding of tabaco with medicinal or sacred tree and herbs ashes. The varieties of tabaco used are not the commonly known nicotine tabacum, but nicotine rustica, such as "Corda" or "Moi" or "Mapacho" which can elicit mind alerting and grounding effects.
South American shamans use tabaco as a sacred, wholesome medicine and there exists a very close connection between tabaco use and shamanism that has little in common with our western way of tabaco use. Indigenous tribes use tabaco in ceremonies, to predict good weather or harvest and for spiritual and curing purposes. The use of tabaco by indigenous tribes in South America is profoundly entrenched in their culture since the Mayan civilization.
Ceremony
A typical Hapé ceremony involves a mutual administration by two persons. The Rapé is blown high up into the nostrils with a blowpipe made from bamboo or bone, called Tepi. Self administration is done by Kuripe. The intense blow immediately focuses the mind and opens space for your intentions. Furthermore, this helps releasing emotional, physical and spiritual blockages and eases negativity and confusion, enabling a thorough grounding of the mind. Likewise, shamans use Rapé to re-align with their energy channels and with their higher self, and to intensify their connection with the world and the universe.
Medicinal Values
For indigenous Americans, tabaco is medically used as a cure of certain diseases, sores, wounds, and as a defense against insects and also as an analgesic that eases fatigue, pain, hunger, and thirst. Rapé enters deep into the nostrils, thereby cleaning out any residual mucus and exerting potent antibacterial effects. If the body is too congested with toxins, vomiting can be a side effect that leads to a thorough cleansing. There are even special Tabaco blends that are made to counteract influenza and other diseases. Furthermore, the Tabaco that is contained in most Rapé blends can potentiate the healing capacity of other plants.
As Hapé contains nicotine, its use increases the brain blood flow and affects the release of several stimulatory neurotransmitter, such as epinephrine, acetylcholine, and dopamine, thereby heightening your focus, presence and intuition and opening the body to higher communication and holistic thinking and understanding. Rapé has an effect of decalcifying the pineal gland, which is involved in melatonin secretion, which enhances brain plasticity, interacts with the immune system, counteracts oxidative stress within the nervous system, and a key hormone in circadian time perception and other crucial biological functions. It's not for oral consumption.
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