zer, church and yage. The most profound symbolization of this is none other than in the representative Christianized Indigenous South American shaman. What is quite vital is the importance of realizing the impact of the dominant Western colonists preconceived images of the Indians. It created a powerful reality with ramifications on the colonizer and the colonized. The indigenous population of South America has undergone a psychological and spiritual development in an attempt to preserve a sense of space for themselves to exist in the midst of European domination. It is essential to take into consideration the blending of beliefs, stereotypes associated within the relationship, as well as the relationship between shaman and patient that combines physical and spiritual experience into meaning. Two cultures, one trying to dominate the other through colonization, find themselves in the present very much connected and dependent upon each other for a more well-rounded existence. ...
