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Mysteries of the jaguar shamans of the northwest Amazon / Robin M. Wright ; foreword by Michael J. Harner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Robin, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baniwa Indians--Biography.
- Baniwa Indians.
- Shamans--Brazil--Biography.
- Shamans.
- Baniwa Indians--Religion.
- Baniwa philosophy.
- Baniwa Indians--Rites and ceremonies.
- da Silva, Mandu.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what Wright calls "a nexus of religious power and knowledge" in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leade
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Shamans, chanters, sorcerers, and prophets
- pt. 2. Shamanic knowledge and power in the Baniwa universe
- pt. 3. Transmission of shamanic knowledge and power
- pt. 4. Revitalization movements in traditional and Christianized communities.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8032-4681-1
- OCLC:
- 843201038
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