1st Edition
Brazilian Amerindian Cannibalism and the Making of the Eternal Body A Jungian Perspective
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Another Reason to Make War
Chapter 2. “Pugno, Ergo Sum… and Eternally!”
The Tupinambá’s Deaths
Chapter 3. To Live to Avenge (?)
Chapter 4. The Tupinambá’s Animic Dynamics
The Universe of Souls and Spirits
Chapter 5. The Beginning of the Warrior Enterprise
The Function of Alcohol
The Auguries
Communication with Spirits
Commensality as an Archetypal Function of Content Fixation
The Necessary Care When Dealing with the World of the Spirits
The Issue of Ancestors
The Synchronicities
Chapter 6. Death in the Life of the Captive
Sacrificer and Sacrificed
Chapter 7. The Making of the Sacrificial Victim
Initial Stage — From Capture to Integration
Touching the Shoulder
Escorting the Prisoner
The Origins of Cannibalism
Incorporation into the Life of the Sacrificial Village
Tonsure and Depilation
Adornment
Intermediate Stage — From Integration to Execution
The Captive Condition as “Member” of the Enemy Tribe
Cleaning the Grave
The Prisoner’s Wedding
The Paradox of the Enemy’s Total Incorporation into the Tribe’s Life
Chapter 8. Preparations for Ritual Death
Final Stage — From Re-enmization to Execution
The Issue Related to the Good Singers
The Segregation
The First Steps
Chapter 9. The Executioner at the Time of Death
The Killer
Chapter 10. The Immortal Body and the Archetypal Dimension
Chapter 11. Addendum
Issues Concerning Colors
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Inácio Cunha, PhD, is a Diplomate Jungian analyst certified by the Forschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Tiefenpsychologie nach C.G. Jung und Marie-Louise von Franz in Switzerland. He is the author of the books The Lower Limbs in Jungian Psychology (The Girl With the Big Toe in the Mouth) published by Routledge, The Feminine Entrapped Within a Fruit: A Jungian Interpretation by Chiron Publications, and Mito Cosmogônico Tupinambá à Luz da Psicologia Analítica Junguiana by Paulus. He has translated four works by Marie-Louise von Franz into Portuguese and regularly publishes articles in national and international journals on analytical psychology. In recent years, he has coordinated the International Forum for the Discussion of Jungian Themes. Inácio organizes events, courses, and lectures in Brazil and abroad, and currently lives in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, where he maintains his clinical practice.
