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- catalog abstract "Shamans and their practices have fascinated Western civilization since publication of the earliest ethnographies. Yet, alien to a positivistic worldview and characterized by hysteria, ecstasy, and magic, shamanism has continued to be classified as vestigial or archaic long after such labels have become meaningless. Lately, a fresh approach has emerged that rejects arbitrary definition in favor of symbolic analysis and native interpretation. Portals of Power explores this new perspective. Researchers from South America, Europe, and the United States examine shamanism in twelve South American societies. In considering such aspects as visionary experience, native conceptions of power, ritual efficacy, expressive culture, and response to change, contributors to this volume present shamanism as an enduring cultural form, rather than an archaic religion. This is a work that transcends debates about "true" shamanism, to present a global view of shamanism as a dynamic aspect of culture.".
- catalog contributor b3788259.
- catalog contributor b3788260.
- catalog contributor b3788261.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Culina shamanism / Donal Pollock -- Dau, shamanic power in Sional religion and medicine / E. Jean Matteson Langdon -- The concept of nihue among the Shipibo-Conibo of eastern Peru -- The one intoxicated by tobacco / Gerhard Baer -- The body of the Guajiro shaman -- Michel Perrin -- He who dreams: the nocturnal source of transforming power in Kagwahiv shamanism / Waud H. Kracke -- Dream, shamanism, and power among the Toba of Formosa Province / Pablo G. Wright -- A musical aesthetic of ritual curing in the northwest Amazon / Jonathan D. Hill -- Nobody is there to hear: Desana therapeutic incantations / Dominique Buchillet -- Icaros, magic melodies among the Mestizo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon / Luis Eduardo Luna -- Venancio Kamiko, Wakuénai shaman and messiah/ Robin M. Wright, Jonathan D. Hill -- Sibundoy shamanism and popular culture in Colombia / María Clemencia Ramírez de Jara, Carlos Ernesto Pinzón Castaño.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-336) and index.".
- catalog description "Shamans and their practices have fascinated Western civilization since publication of the earliest ethnographies. Yet, alien to a positivistic worldview and characterized by hysteria, ecstasy, and magic, shamanism has continued to be classified as vestigial or archaic long after such labels have become meaningless. Lately, a fresh approach has emerged that rejects arbitrary definition in favor of symbolic analysis and native interpretation. Portals of Power explores this new perspective. Researchers from South America, Europe, and the United States examine shamanism in twelve South American societies. In considering such aspects as visionary experience, native conceptions of power, ritual efficacy, expressive culture, and response to change, contributors to this volume present shamanism as an enduring cultural form, rather than an archaic religion. This is a work that transcends debates about "true" shamanism, to present a global view of shamanism as a dynamic aspect of culture.".
- catalog extent "x, 350 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Portals of power.".
- catalog identifier "0826313450".
- catalog isFormatOf "Portals of power.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Portals of power.".
- catalog spatial "South America.".
- catalog subject "1993 A-550".
- catalog subject "299/.8 20".
- catalog subject "F 2320.1.R3 P842 1992".
- catalog subject "F2230.1.R3 P65 1992".
- catalog subject "F2230.1.R3 P67 1992".
- catalog subject "F2320.1.R3 P67 1992".
- catalog subject "Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.".
- catalog subject "Hallucinogens South America.".
- catalog subject "Indians of South America Religion.".
- catalog subject "Indians of South America Rites and ceremonies.".
- catalog subject "Indians, South American South America.".
- catalog subject "Medicine, Traditional South America.".
- catalog subject "Religion and Medicine South America.".
- catalog subject "Shamanism South America.".
- catalog subject "Traditional medicine South America.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Culina shamanism / Donal Pollock -- Dau, shamanic power in Sional religion and medicine / E. Jean Matteson Langdon -- The concept of nihue among the Shipibo-Conibo of eastern Peru -- The one intoxicated by tobacco / Gerhard Baer -- The body of the Guajiro shaman -- Michel Perrin -- He who dreams: the nocturnal source of transforming power in Kagwahiv shamanism / Waud H. Kracke -- Dream, shamanism, and power among the Toba of Formosa Province / Pablo G. Wright -- A musical aesthetic of ritual curing in the northwest Amazon / Jonathan D. Hill -- Nobody is there to hear: Desana therapeutic incantations / Dominique Buchillet -- Icaros, magic melodies among the Mestizo shamans of the Peruvian Amazon / Luis Eduardo Luna -- Venancio Kamiko, Wakuénai shaman and messiah/ Robin M. Wright, Jonathan D. Hill -- Sibundoy shamanism and popular culture in Colombia / María Clemencia Ramírez de Jara, Carlos Ernesto Pinzón Castaño.".
- catalog title "Portals of power : Shamanism in South America / edited by E. Jean Matteson Langdon and Gerhard Baer.".
- catalog type "text".