Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Cone Burner Reinterpreting generations of scholarship

Reinterpreting generations of scholarship

known as the Shining Ones

Thich Nhat Hanh brings his gifts of clarity and poetry to an explication of the basic teachings of Buddhism--the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path

Aquamarine is a gentle tranquil stone that brings clarity

or vishvavajra

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Cone Burner Reinterpreting generations of scholarshipAnthropologist 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,