"Collection of 12 articles on shamanism among various indigenous groups in Brazil, mainly in the northern and western Amazon. Highly useful introduction contextualizes the study of shamanism in the history of anthropology. The 'new' perspectives treat shamanism as a cosmological…
Study of the modern Haida community. Includes ethnohistory and culture. Observes the collective and individual strategies involved in the management of social roles and symbols to achieve social and political goals.
Study of the modern Haida community. Includes ethnohistory and culture. Observes the collective and individual strategies involved in the management of social roles and symbols to achieve social and political goals.
"In his final work, the Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores e…
Deloria looks at medicine men, their powers, and the Earth's relation to the cosmos.
"In his final work, the Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores e…
"In his final work, the Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores e…
"Fascinating, comprehensive, and eminently readable, this guide explores shamanism--the world's most enduring healing and religious tradition--in the light of modern medicine, psychology, neuroscience, consciousness disciplines, and religious studies."--Publisher's website.
"A workbook for using symbolic acts to heal the unconscious mind Provides several hundred successful psychomagic solutions for a wide range of specific psychological, sexual, emotional, and physical problems, from stuttering, eczema, and fears to repressed rage and hereditary il…
"A workbook for using symbolic acts to heal the unconscious mind Provides several hundred successful psychomagic solutions for a wide range of specific psychological, sexual, emotional, and physical problems, from stuttering, eczema, and fears to repressed rage and hereditary il…
In the ceremonies of protection of life and, above all, in the healing of diseases, the Tzeltal shamans sing certain prayers in a sort of verbal hemorrhage that allows them to establish a communication with a beyond that intervenes incessantly in the world of humans. But to pron…
