Tobacco and Shamanism in South AmericaAnthropologist Johannes Wilbert here presents a comprehensive ethnography of magico-religious, medicinal, and recreational tobacco use among native South American societies. Surveying nearly three hundred societies, Wilbert has found that South American Indians employ numerous means of nicotine application and that a close functional relationship exists between tobacco and shamanism. His book is "a superb reference and a pleasure to read."--Robert Byck, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine |
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| Title | Tobacco and Shamanism in South America Psychoactive Plants of the World Series Psychoactive plants of the world |
| Author | Johannes Wilbert |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0300057903, 9780300057904 |
| Length | 294 pages |
| Subjects | › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Shamanism Nature / Plants / General Religion / Ethnic & Tribal |
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