Muisca religion: Difference between revisions

| footer = '''Decorated golden plates''' were used in the religious rituals to inhale grindedground seeds of the '''yopo''' tree. The people used hollow tubes to inhale the psychoactive powder<br><small>[[Gold Museum, Bogotá|Museo del Oro]]</small>

The Muisca were deeply religious people and their [[Muisca rulers|rulers]] had a double role both as political and as religious leaders. The people fasted and also consumed [[coca]], [[tobacco]] and [[Anadenanthera peregrina|yopo]] with their rituals.<ref>{{es}} [http://www.todacolombia.com/culturas-precolombinas-en-colombia/cultura-los-muiscas.html Religious rituals of the Muisca] - accessed 04-05-2016</ref> Yopo was extracted from ''Anadenanthera'' trees, growing in the [[Orinoquía Region|Llanos Orientales]], to the east of the Muisca territories. The psychoactive seeds of the tree were [[Muisca economy|trades]] with the [[Achagua people|Achagua]], [[Guayupe people|Guayupe]] and [[Tegua people|Tegua]] and grindedground and inhaled using a hollow bird bone or a spoon. The plates from which the yopo was inhaled were made of gold and ''[[tumbaga]]'' and well elaborated and decorated. Many of them have been found and are on display in the [[Gold Museum, Bogotá|Museo del Oro]].<ref>{{es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/museo-del-oro/salas-del-museo-en-bogota/cosmologia-y-simbolismo/las-plantas-del-conocimiento The use of yopo and other plants in the religious rituals of the Muisca] - [[Gold Museum, Bogotá|Museo del Oro]]</ref> Coca was used in rituals of predictions and to heal diseases. The coca was combined with [[lime (material)|cal]] to increase the efficiency of the substance. The cal was saved in ''[[poporo]]s'', often made of gold or ''tumbaga''.