Dark Shamanism
AltWeeklies brings us a look into the practices of “dark sorcery”.
“Kanaim? (kuh-NI-muh) is the form of Amazonian assault sorcery Whitehead has been studying for more than 10 years. It is the subject of Dark Shamans, his career-defining 2002 book about the history of kanaim?, its persistence in the face of colonialism and commercial exploitation of the Guyana highlands, its resistance to academic inquiry, its meanings in the context of indigenous cultural expression ? and its relevance for understanding the human capacity for violence.”
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