The Glorious Tyranny of Silence and the Resonance of Shamanic Breath

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Introduction: Dark Shamanism 1
4. The Order of Dark Shamans among the Warao 21
5. Dark Shamans and the Shamanic State: Sorcery and Witchcraft as Political Process in Guyana and the Venezuelan Amazon 51
6. The Wicked and the Wise Men: Witches and Prophets in the History of the Northwest Amazon 82
7. Sorcery Beliefs, Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge, and Therapeutic Practice among the Desana of the Upper Río Negro Region, Brazil 109
8. The Glorious Tyranny of Silence and the Resonance of Shamanic Breath 132
9. A Blend of Blood and Tobacco: Shamans and Jaguars among the Parakanã of Eastern Amazonia 157
10. The Wars Within: Xinguano Witchcraft and Balance of Power 179
11. Siblings and Sorcerers: The Paradox of Kinship among the Kulina 202
12. Being Alone amid Others: Sorcery and Morality among the Arara, Carib, Brazil 215
13. Sorcery and Shamanism in Cashinahua Discourse and Praxis, Purus River, Brazil 244
14. The Enemy Within: Child Sorcery, Revolution, and the Evils of Modernization in Eastern Peru 272
15. Commentary 306
16. Afterword: Substances, Powers, Cosmos, and History 314
17. Contributors 321
18. Index 324