In Balancing the World, the author illuminates what an ajq''ij, or daykeeper, is by presenting material he collected in a series of interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality. Frequently labeled as Maya priests, shamans, spiritual guides, or even witches, the men and wom…
The image of the Indian in Canadian culture in the media and public opinion.
The image of the Indian in Canadian culture in the media and public opinion.
The image of the Indian in Canadian culture in the media and public opinion.
Corine Sombrun rencontre Enkhetuya, chamane du peuple Tsataan, au nord de la Mongolie, à l'orée des années 2000. Cette femme à la personnalité exceptionnelle, qui vit encore dans un univers autarcique où, de génération en génération, on élève des rennes et on respecte les esprit…
A young girl trains to be the new spiritual leader of her remote Andaman Island tribe, while facing increasing threats from the modern world.
A young girl trains to be the new spiritual leader of her remote Andaman Island tribe, while facing increasing threats from the modern world.
A young girl must lead her tribe into the future on an island that time forgot...Uido is ecstatic when she's chosen to become the oko-jumu, or spiritual leader, of her island tribe. But as excited as she is to complete her training, what looms largest on Uido's mind are the stra…
"The multifarious and sometimes contested concept of "shamanism" has aroused intense popular and scholarly interest since its initial coinage by the Russian scholar V.M. Mikhailovsky in the late 19th century. In this book, three leading scholars, representing different branches …
"As a "wild," drumming thunder shaman, a warrior mounted on her spirit horse, Francisca Kolipi's spirit traveled to other historical times and places, gaining the power and knowledge to conduct spiritual warfare against her community's enemies, including forestry companies and s…