Dark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death by Neil L. Whitehead
Dark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death

Neil L. Whitehead

Dark Shamans: Kanaimà and the Poetics of Violent Death

Neil L. Whitehead

320 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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On the little-known and darker side of shamanism there exists an ancient form of sorcery called kanaim , a practice still observed among the Amerindians of the highlands of Guyana, Venezuela, and Brazil that involves the ritual stalking, mutilatio...

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