tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post6963023953940836215..comments2024-01-19T14:17:05.124-08:00Comments on The Gorman Blog: Pusangas: Love PotionsPeter Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010025416629344748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-19194413963723303752008-04-10T07:22:00.000-07:002008-04-10T07:22:00.000-07:00i have been visiting Peru for 10 years and now lea...i have been visiting Peru for 10 years and now lead trips to the ayahuasceros and San Pedro shamans of the Amazon and Andes, so i know Iquitos and Belen quite well. i have also written of pusangas in my book, Plant Spirit Shamanism. And yet i confess that i have never come across the "mickey finn" type pusangas you mention.<BR/>The pusangas i know are not drunk at all but are a perfume or bathing essence made by the shamans from various 'plants of attraction'. i certainly don't think you'd want to drink one!<BR/>i'd be interested to hear more about the pusangas you describe. i have seen various potions, lotions, and even 'jungle medicines' which you do drink at Belen market and the Anaconda Centre in Iquitos, etc, and you can even buy aphrodisiacs at Ari's Burger (such as rompe calzon and para para - with names that translate as "trouser buster" and other 'affectionate' terms!) but i've never heard any of these described as a pusanga.<BR/>Best wishes,<BR/>ross heaven (www.thefourgates.com)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02365043202257091069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36128951.post-9719797120426520872008-03-01T14:52:00.000-08:002008-03-01T14:52:00.000-08:00looks like that old --be careful what you wish for...looks like that old --be careful what you wish for--applies here!daisydukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591769371679761641noreply@blogger.com