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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-01 - Publisher: Routledge
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Language: en
Pages: 325
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-10-07 - Publisher: Duke University Press
On the little-known and darker side of shamanism there exists an ancient form of sorcery called kanaimà, a practice still observed among the Amerindians of the
Language: en
Pages: 300
Pages: 300
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-10 - Publisher: Berghahn Books
Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists. More recently it has been "discovered" by westerners, especially New Age followers. This book br
Language: en
Pages: 265
Pages: 265
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those f
Language: en
Pages: 331
Pages: 331
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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