Sá Mario
Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Dourados, MS, Brasil.
Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos. 2009 Apr-Jun;16(2):325-44. doi: 10.1590/s0104-59702009000200003.
The article analyzes the role of healing agents played by practitioners of magic and witchcraft in Mato Grosso society during the 17th century. It observes that magic and witchcraft were developed as competitors, alternatives or associated with other forms of healing (official and lay). It points out how such roles contributed to the process of subjugating its practitioners, especially Africans, Indians and their descendents, and were appropriated as an opportunity for survival in the colonial slave society. The pastoral visit made by Bruno Pinna in 1785 to Cuiabá and nearby areas served as the principal source of knowledge regarding the practices and practitioners of magic and witchcraft.
本文分析了17世纪马托格罗索社会中魔法和巫术从业者所扮演的治疗者角色。研究发现，魔法和巫术是作为其他治疗形式（官方和非官方）的竞争者、替代者或与之相关联而发展起来的。文章指出，这些角色如何促成了对其从业者，尤其是非洲人、印第安人及其后代的征服过程，并被用作在殖民奴隶社会中生存的机会。布鲁诺·皮纳于1785年对库亚巴及周边地区进行的教区访问，是了解魔法和巫术实践及从业者的主要知识来源。
