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Yes, you can access Spirits, Shamans, and Stars by David L. Browman, Ronald A. Schwarz, David L. Browman,Ronald A. Schwarz in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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General Editor’s Preface
Preface
General Introduction: “A Little Glass of Rum”
PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
Introduction
Magico-Religious Use of Tobacco Among South American Indians
Coca and Popular Medicine in Peru: An Historical Analysis of Attitudes
Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru?
Yagé Among the Siona: Cultural Patterns in Visions
PART TWO: MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Introduction
Social and Medical Aspects of the Use of Cannabis in Brazil
Shamanism Among the Avá-Chiripá
Effect of Rural-Urban Migration on Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Disease and Medicine in Southern Peru
Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana
Effects of Behavioral and Ecological Variations upon the Incidence of Parasitic Disease Among la Gente of Conceptión, Peru
PART THREE: SPIRITS, STRUCTURES, AND STARS
Introduction
Body and Spirit Among the Sanumá (Yanoama) of North Brazil
A Peruvian Curandero’s Séance: Power and Balance
Creative Process in Ritual Art: Piaroa Indians, Venezuela
Not in Ourselves, But in Our Stars
Biographical Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

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