In darkness and secrecy : the anthropology of assault sorcery and witchcraft in Amazonia

Table of Contents: “…Whitehead and Robin Wright -- The order of dark shamans among the Warao / Johannes Wilbert -- Dark shamans and the shamanic state : sorcery and witchcraft as political process in Guyana and the Venezuelan Amazon / Silvia Vidal and Neil L. …”
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Communicating with the Spirits

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part I DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS AND POSSESSION; Part II CONTACTS WITH THE OTHER WORLD; Part III DIVINATION, SHAMANISM; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.…”
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Communicating with the Spirits

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Part I DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS AND POSSESSION; Part II CONTACTS WITH THE OTHER WORLD; Part III DIVINATION, SHAMANISM; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.…”
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Worldviews of the Greenlanders : an Inuit Arctic perspective by Sonne, Birgitte

Table of Contents: “…The Other World(s) and Its Beings -- 4. Angakkut (Shamans) -- 5. Angakkoq Puulik (Shaman with a Bag) -- 6. …”
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Diaspora conversions : Black Carib religion and the recovery of Africa by Johnson, Paul C. (Paul Christopher), 1964-

Table of Contents: “…-- "These sons of freedom" : Back Caribs across three diasporic horizons -- Shamans at work in the villages -- Shamans at work in New York -- Ritual in the homeland; or, making the land "home" in ritual -- Ritual in the Bronx -- Finding Africa in New York -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Trajectory of a moving object, the caldero.…”
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A companion to rock art

Table of Contents: “…A Companion to Rock Art -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword: Redefining the Mainstream with Rock Art -- CHAPTER 1: Research Issues and New Directions: One Decade into the New Millennium -- PART I: Explanatory Frameworks: New Insights -- CHAPTER 2: Rock Art and Shamanism -- CHAPTER 3: Pictographs, Patterns, and Peyote in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas -- CHAPTER 4: Variation in Early Paintings and Engravings -- PART II: Inscribed Landscapes -- CHAPTER 5: Rock Art and Seascapes…”
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Shrouds of White Earth by Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Green shamans -- Casino walkers -- Tradition fascists -- Union of chance.…”
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High culture : drugs, mysticism, and the pursuit of transcendence in the modern world by Partridge, Christopher H. (Christopher Hugh), 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Technologies of the self ; Psychedelic gnosis and the transcendence of ordinary consciousness ; Perennialism and the experience of oneness ; Shamanism and ekstasis ; Concluding analysis : the drug problem? …”
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The curse of Nemur : in search of the art, myth, and ritual of the Ishir by Escobar, Ticio, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The great myth -- Feathers and featherwork -- Corporal painting -- The rite -- The path of the shamans -- The history.…”
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The curse of Nemur : in search of the art, myth, and ritual of the Ishir by Escobar, Ticio, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The great myth -- Feathers and featherwork -- Corporal painting -- The rite -- The path of the shamans -- The history.…”
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Indigenous and African diaspora religions in the Americas

Table of Contents: “…Meeting grounds in Saint-Domingue and the emergence of Haitian Vodou : an ecological approach / Lagrace Benson -- The many faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in nineteenth-century New Orleans / Eleanor A. Laughlin -- Shamanic healing, initiation, and ritual technique in a Kwak'wala narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus / Daniel J. …”
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Tear Is an Intellectual Thing : the Meanings of Emotion. by Neu, Jerome

Table of Contents: “…: Learning from Little Hans; 13. Lévi-Strauss on Shamanism.…”
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Roots of musicality : music therapy and personal development by Perret, Daniel Gilbert, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The psycho-energetic approach to music -- The five elements in music -- Neuro-musical thresholds -- Teacher, musician, therapist or shaman?…”
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The thunderbird poems by Ruffo, Armand Garnet

Table of Contents: “….; The Mishipashoo, 1958-60; Ancestors Performing the Ritual of the Shaking Tent, c. 1958-61; Sacred Bear from Vision, 1959-60; Untitled (Thunderbird), 1960; Death the Devourer of Human Flesh, c.1964; Thunderbird and Snake, 1966; Earth Mother, 1966; Four Loons, 1968; Self Portrait, 1968; White Man's Curse, 1969; Sacred Beaver, 1969; Untitled (transformation subject, shaman to bear), n.d.; SHAMAN RIDER; Shaman Rider, 1972; Artist in Union with Mother Earth, 1972; Self-Portrait. …”
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Contemporary pagan and native faith movements in Europe : colonialist and nationalist impulses

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Europe; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction Context Is EverythingContext Is Everything; 1 Sami Neo-shamanism in Norway ; 2 It's Not Easy Being ApoliticalIt's Not Easy Being Apolitical; 3 Modern Heathenism in Sweden ; 4 The Brotherhood of Wolves in the Czech Republic ; 5 Soviet-Era Discourse and Siberian Shamanic Revivalism ; 6 In Search of Genuine Religion; 7 Emerging Identity Markets of Contemporary Pagan Ideologies in Hungary ; 8 Hot, Strange, Völkisch, Cosmopolitan; 9 Paganism in Ireland.…”
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The Mongol Empire between Myth and Reality : Studies in Anthropological History by Aigle, Denise

Table of Contents: “…The memoria of the Mongols in historical and literary sources -- Mythico-legendary figures and history between east and west -- The Mongols and the legend of Prester John -- The historiographical works of Barhebraus on the Mongol period -- The historical Taqwim in Muslim east -- Part II. Shamanism and Islam -- Shamanism and Islam in Central Asia: two antinomic religious universes? …”
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Victims and warriors : violence, history, and memory in Amazonia by High, Casey, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Civilized victims -- Becoming warriors -- Like the ancient ones -- Lost people and distant kin -- Intimate others -- Shamans and enemies -- Victims and warriors -- Afterword.…”
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Being Bedouin around Petra : life at a world heritage site in the twenty-first century by Bille, Mikkel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: in the presence of things -- Preserving heritage -- Marketing Bedouinity -- Taming heritage -- The shameful shaman -- Dealing with dead saints -- The allure of things -- Ambiguous materialities -- Conclusion.…”
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Spirit possession and trance : new interdisciplinary perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Schmist -- Animism rather than shamanism : new approaches to what shamans do (for other animists) / Graham Harvey -- Possession and self-possession : towards an integrated mind-body perspective / Geoffrey Samuel -- Spirit possession, seduction, and collective consciousness / Louise Child -- Analytical psychology and spirit possession : towards a non-pathological diagnosis of spirit possession / Lucy Huskinson -- Possessed women in the African diaspora : gender difference in spirit possession rituals / Bettina E. …”
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The complete family guide to alternative medicine : an illustrated encyclopedia of natural healing

Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau : art and the colonial narrative in the Canadian media by Robertson, Carmen L., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Discipline, performativity, and Morrisseau -- Mythmaking and primitivism -- 1962: Morrisseau's arrival -- 1970s: the shaman arrival -- 1980s: an unruly international art star -- 2006: re-mythologizing Mishomis.…”
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The realities of witchcraft and popular magic in early modern Europe : culture, cognition, and everyday life by Bever, Edward

Table of Contents: “…The varieties of maleficium -- Maleficium and society -- The devil in the Duchy of Wurttemberg -- Witch dances and witch salves -- Sorcery, satanism, and shamanism -- Divination and prophesy -- Beneficent manipulative magic -- Magic and society.…”
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Religion : material dynamics by Chidester, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Material dynamics -- Animism -- Sacred -- Space -- Time -- Incongruity -- Culture -- Economy -- Colonialism -- Imperialism -- Apartheid -- Shamans -- Mobility -- Popular -- Touching -- Oceans -- Conclusion : Dynamic materiality.…”
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Witchcraft, Healing, and Popular Diseases : New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology. by Levack, Brian P.

Table of Contents: “…Comparing Shamanism with Franconian Folk Magic; Acknowledgments.…”
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Voices of integrative medicine : conversations and encounters by Horrigan, Bonnie J.

Table of Contents: “…Medicine and the inner realities -- Ch. 37. Shamanic healing: we are not alone -- Ch. 38. Shamanism in medical practice -- Ch. 39. …”

Being and becoming : embodiment and experience among the Orang Rimba of Sumatra by Elkholy, Ramsey

Table of Contents: “…Into the field : the Orang Rimba at Sungai Gelumpang -- Sociality and the negotiation of self and other -- Tactility -- Forest, village and the significance of -- A journey to Kemumu -- Hunting -- Becoming in the forest -- Shamanism and the textures of the universe -- Melangun.…”
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Indigenous youth in Brazilian Amazonia : changing lived worlds by Virtanen, Pirjo Kristiina

Table of Contents: “…The Sociocosmology of Amazonian Indigenous Youth -- Ritual Passages from Soft to Firm -- Creativity in Shamanic Practices -- Rural-urban Communities -- Speaking and Acting for Many -- Recreating Relatedness -- The Diversity of Being an Indian.…”
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Migration and climate change from prehistoric cultures to contemporary management in organizations by Alaktif, Jamila

Table of Contents: “…Human diversity and taiga shamanism -- 3.3.1. Contemporary shamanism, a look at Eros and Askêsis -- 3.3.2. …”
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Sacred bliss : a spiritual history of Cannabis by Ferrara, Mark S.

Table of Contents: “…Vendānta, Sādhu priests, and the "Lord of Bhang" -- Shamans, Sufis, and the "Green Man" -- Chinese pharmacopoeia and the golden flower -- Dagga cults, Coptic churches, and the Rastafari -- Peak-experiences and the ineffable -- Hashish eaters, hobbits' leaf, and the pantagruelion.…”
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Soul hunters : hunting, animism, and personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs by Willerslev, Rane, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Animism as mimesis -- To kill or not to kill: rebirth, sharing, and risk -- Body-soul dialectics: human rebirth beliefs -- Ideas of species and personhood -- Animals as persons -- Shamanism -- The spirit world -- Learning and dreaming -- Taking animism seriously.…”
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Making of Korean Christianity : Protestant encounters with Korean religions, 1876-1915 by Oak, Sung-Deuk

Table of Contents: “…God : search for the Korean name for God, Han Nim -- Saviors : images of the cross and messianism -- Spirits : theories of shamanism and practice of exorcism -- Ancestors : Confucian and Christian memorial services -- Messages : Chinese literature and Korean translations -- Rituals : revivals and prayers.…”
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Making of Korean Christianity : Protestant encounters with Korean religions, 1876-1915 by Oak, Sung-Deuk

Table of Contents: “…God : search for the Korean name for God, Han Nim -- Saviors : images of the cross and messianism -- Spirits : theories of shamanism and practice of exorcism -- Ancestors : Confucian and Christian memorial services -- Messages : Chinese literature and Korean translations -- Rituals : revivals and prayers.…”
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Dreams in myth, medicine, and movies by Packer, Sharon

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Before we begin -- Dreams and definitions -- Myth and meaning -- Film and photography -- Cinema and cyberspace -- Sleep and social control -- Science fiction and sleep -- Deities and demons -- Shamans and sorcerers -- Reason and romance -- Symbolism and surrealism -- Psyche and soul -- Body and brain -- Foretelling the future.…”
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Threads and traces : true, false, fictive by Ginzburg, Carlo

Table of Contents: “…The Europeans Discover (or Rediscover) the Shamans; 7. Tolerance and Commerce: Auerbach Reads Voltaire; 8. …”
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The diaspora of Brazilian religions

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Fundamentals of complementary and alternative medicine

Table of Contents: “…Neurohumoral Physiology and Psychoneuroimmunology -- Mind-Body Sciences and the Placebo Effect -- Mind-Body Therapies, Stress, and Pyschometrics -- Prayer, Religion, and Spirituality -- Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies -- Humor, health, and wellness -- Section three: Energetics, manual healing, bodywork, and yoga -- Energy Medicine -- Biophysics: Electricity, Light, Magnetism, and Sound -- Principles and Bodywork -- Massage, Bodywork, and Touch Therapies -- Osteopathy -- Chiropractic -- Reflexology -- Yoga -- Section four: Natural and alternative western therapies -- Nature Cure, Naturopathy, and Natural Medicines -- Contemporary Naturopathic Medicine -- Ethnobotany and Western Herbalism -- Aromatherapy and Plant Essential Oils -- Nutrition, Hydration, and Diet Therapies -- Ecological Pharmacology: Molecular Biology to Systems Theory -- Section five: Global ethnomedical systems: Asia and the Middle East -- Traditional Medicine of China and East Asia -- Classical Acupuncture -- Traditional Medicine of India: Ayurveda and Siddha -- Tibetan Medicine -- Unani Medicine -- Sufism and Healing in the Middle East -- Section six: Global ethnomedical systems: Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific -- Traditional Medicine: Ethnomedicine, Shamanism, and Origins -- Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia, Indochina, and Vietnam -- Blending of Chinese, Ayurvedic, Islamic, and Shamanic Healing: Burma, Thailand, and Nepal -- Native North American Healing and Herbal Remedies -- Central and South American Healing and Herbal Remedies -- Latin American Curanderismo -- Hawaii, South Pacific and Philippine Islands; Alaska and Pacific Northwest -- African Healing and Becoming a Traditional Healer -- Magico-Religious Traditions and Neo-Shamanism -- Modern Asia, Africa, Americas, and the Pacific…”
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The bioregional economy : land, liberty and the pursuit of happiness by Cato, Molly Scott

Table of Contents: “…-- Visioning the bioregional economy -- The economist as shaman -- Firms, farms and factories -- Provisioning and provenance -- Work as craft -- What about my iPad? …”
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Saving normal : an insider's revolt against out-of-control psychiatric diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the medicalization of ordinary life by Frances, Allen, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…What's normal and what's not? ; From shaman to shrink ; Diagnostic inflation. -- Psychiatric Fads Can Be Bad For Your Health. …”
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Ghost dances and identity : prophetic religion and American Indian ethnogenesis in the nineteenth century by Smoak, Gregory E., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…"Snakes" and "diggers" : the origins of new ethnic identities -- Shamans, prophets, and missionaries : new religion in the nineteenth century -- Treaty making and consolidation : the politics of ethnogenesis -- "Twotrails" : resistance, accommodation, and the 1870 ghost dance -- Culture wars, Indianness, and the 1890 ghost dance -- Ghost dances and American Indian identity.…”
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The people named the Chippewa : narrative histories by Vizenor, Gerald Robert, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue; Traditional Origins; The People Named the Chippewa; Shadows at La Pointe; Three Anishinaabeg Writers; Old Crow Wing to White Earth; Boarding School Remembrance; Firewater Labels and Methodologies; Dennis of Wounded Knee; The Shaman and Terminal Creeds; Epilogue; Bibliography: Books about the Anishinaabeg; Index.…”
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