ISBN:
9780826347312
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0826347312
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 530 pages)
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illustrations.
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
DDC:
581.630985
Keywords:
Shamanism Peru
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Maynas
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Healing Peru
;
Maynas
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Human-plant relationships Peru
;
Maynas
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Plants Religious aspects
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Peru
;
Maynas
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Ayahuasca ceremony Peru
;
Maynas
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Ethnobotany Peru
;
Maynas
;
Ayahuasca ceremony Peru
;
Maynas
;
Ethnobotany Peru
;
Maynas
;
Healing Peru
;
Maynas
;
Human-plant relationships Peru
;
Maynas
;
Plants Religious aspects
;
Peru
;
Maynas
;
Shamanism Peru
;
Maynas
;
Maynas (Peru) Religious life and customs
;
Maynas (Peru) Social life and customs
;
Maynas (Peru) Religious life and customs
;
Maynas (Peru) Social life and customs
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the indigenous peoples of the jungle. Some mestizos have migrated to Amazon towns and cities, such as Iquitos and Pucallpa; most remain in small villages. They have retained features of a folk Catholicism and traditional Hispanic medicine, and have incorporated much of the religious tradition of the Amazon, especially its shamanism, sorcery, healing, and the use of potent plant hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. Singing to the Plants sets forth just what this shamanism is about - what happens at an ayahuasca healing ceremony, how the apprentice shaman forms a spiritual relationship with the healing plant spirits, how sorcerers inflict the harm that the shaman heals, and the ways that plants are used in healing, love magic, and sorcery."--Jacket
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-515) and index. - Print version record
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Print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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