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The shaman and the jaguar : a study of narcotic drugs among the Indians of Colombia / G. Reichel-Dolmatoff.

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  • ISBN: 0877220387
  • ISBN: 9780877220381
  • Physical Description: xxi, 280 pages, [17] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1975.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Narcotic Snuff 2. In Search of a Jungle Vine 3. The Shaman and the Jaguar 4. The Forest and the River 5. Tukano Shamanism 6. t Jaguar Transformation 7. Yaje: Myth and Ritual 8. A Yaje Session 9. Spirits of the Forest 10. Conclusions -- Appendix: Desana Texts Notes Glossary Bibliography Index.
Subject:
Indians of South America > Drug use > Colombia.
Indians of South America > Colombia > Religion.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience > Colombia.
Anthropology, Cultural.
Hallucinogens.
Indians, South American.
Mythology.
Colombia.
Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience.
Indians of South America > Drug use.
Indians of South America > Religion.
Colombia.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library F 2270.1 .N35 R44 1975 282571 Stacks Available -