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Shamanic Regalia in the Far North

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An astonishing window into Shamanism and the worldviews of our distant ancestors within the Ice Age

The Northwest coast makes up probably the most last regions on the planet to be traversed by Western explorers. On this region an ensemble of related peoples created a big cultural universe derived from the cross-fertilization of ideas, oral traditions, and art. The shaman’s cosmos used to be divided into three worlds, Lower, Middle and Upper, where the spirits ruled. With supernatural helpers, shamans sought to manipulate the environment, making use of regalia and objects that bequeath an acute sense of the animistic world that reflects the early interactions between man and nature.

Structuring her account by the three geographical regions, Patricia Rieff Anawalt not only probes deeply into the significance and meaning of the shamanic practices, but in addition points up the intriguing differences within the ritual garb around the vast territories concerned as generation after generation sought to steer events through assistance from spirits.

108 illustrations in color and black and white

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