Magical and ilusiógenas meanings of tobacco in the millennial peoples of America

Abstract

This research article aims to show the relationships established by Amerindian communities with tobacco, from a perspective that conceives such relationships beyond the set of techniques and practices of use and management and, rather, it suggests the expression of an experience that compromises worldview and spirituality about tobacco as a Ilusiógena plant. Methodologically, different sources are contrasted, both oral and historical and scientific, in which multiple edges are offered inviting a reflection on the forms and modes as the knowledge of indigenous peoples, Afro and peasants elaborated their knowledge practices from their experience with tobacco, considered as one of the power plants. It was concluded that the experience of tobacco as a way of life, still remains in the territories of Amerindian peoples and has lasted outside the mercantilist horizons of capitalist social formation.