Mysteries Of The Jaguar Shamans Of The Northwest Amazon Project Muse Upcc Books

Mysteries Of The Jaguar Shamans Of The Northwest Amazon Tells The Life Story Of Mandu Da Silva, The Last Living Jaguar Shaman Among The Baniwa Peoples In The Northwest Amazon. In This Highly Original And Engaging Work, Robin M. Wright, Who Has Known And Worked With Silva For More Than Thirty Years, Weaves The Story Of Silva's Life Together With The Baniwas' Society, History, Mythology, Cosmology, And Jaguar Shaman Traditions. The Jaguar Shamans Are Key Players In What Wright Calls A Nexus Of Religious Power And Knowledge In Which Healers, Sorcerers, Priestly Chanters, And Dance-leaders Exercise Complementary Functions Linking Living Specialists With The Deities And Great Spirits Of The Cosmos. By Exploring In Depth The Apprenticeship Of The Shaman, Wright Shows How Jaguar Shamans Acquire The Knowledge And Power Of The Deities In Several Stages Of Instruction And Practice. This Volume Is The First Mapping Of The Sacred Geography (mythscape) Of The Northern Arawak-speaking People Of The Northwest Amazon, Demonstrating Direct Connections Between Petroglyphs And Other Inscriptions And Baniwa Sacred Narratives As A Whole. In Eloquent And Engaging Analytic Prose, Wright Links Biographic And Ethnographic Elements In Elevating Anthropological Writing To A New Standard Of Theoretically Aware Storytelling And Analytic Power. Part 1 Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, And Prophets -- 1 You Are Going To Save Many Lives: The Life Story Of Mandu Da Silva, Hohodene Jaguar Shaman, Coauthored By Manuel Da Silva And Ercilia Lima Da Silva 31 -- 2 Mandu's Apprenticeship And A Jaguar Shaman's Powers Of World-making 53 -- 3 You Will Suffer Along Our Way: The Great Suffering In Mandu's Life 105 -- Part 2 Shamanic Knowledge And Power In The Baniwa Universe -- 4 Creation, Cosmology, And Ecological Time 147 -- 5 Mythscapes As Living Memories Of The Ancestors 208 -- Part 3 Transmission Of Shamanic Knowledge And Power -- 6 The Birth Of The Child Of The Sun, Kuwai 233 -- 7 Death And Regeneration In The First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan 247 -- 8 The Struggle For Power And Knowledge Among Men And Women 276 -- Part 4 Revitalization Movements In Traditional And Christianized Communities -- 9 The House Of Shamans' Knowledge And Power, The House Of Adornment, And The Pamaale School Complex 297. Robin M. Wright ; Foreword By Michael J. Harner. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 353-364) And Index. Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva’s life together with the Baniwas’ society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what Wright calls “a nexus of religious power and knowledge” in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leaders exercise complementary functions that link living specialists with the deities and great spirits of the cosmos. By exploring in depth the apprenticeship of the shaman, Wright shows how jaguar shamans acquire the knowledge and power of the deities in several stages of instruction and practice. This volume is the first mapping of the sacred geography (“mythscape”) of the Northern Arawak–speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and other inscriptions and Baniwa sacred narratives as a whole. In eloquent and inviting analytic prose, Wright links biographic and ethnographic elements in elevating anthropological writing to a new standard of theoretically aware storytelling and analytic power. 2e de couv.: Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what Wright calls "a nexus of religious power and knowledge" in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leaders exercise complementary functions that link living specialists with the deities and great spirits of the cosmos. By exploring in depth the apprenticeship of the shaman, Wright shows how jaguar shamans acquire the knowledge and power of the deities in several stages of instruction and practice. This volume is the first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and other inscriptions and Baniwa sacred narratives as a whole. In eloquent and inviting analytic prose, Wright links biographic and ethnographic elements in elevating anthropological writing to a new standard of theoretically aware storytelling and analytic power Preface by Michael HarnerAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets1. "You are going to save many people." The life story of Mandu da Silva, Hohodene Jaguar-Shaman2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar-shaman's Powers of World-making3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way" (Hirapithena Wapuwa). The Great Suffering in Mandu's Life Part II. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe4. Creation, Cosmology and Ecological Time5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of The Ancestors Part III. Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and Power6. The Birth of the Child of the Sun, Kuwai7. Death and Regeneration in the First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan8. A Struggle for Power and Knowledge among Men and WomenPart IV. Revitalization Movements in 'Traditional' and Christianized Communities9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power (Malikai Dapana), The House of Adornment (Nakuliakarudapani), and the Pamaale School ComplexConclusionsAppendicesBibliographyCitationsList of Illustrations This book tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. The author, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions. The jaguar shamans are key players in what the author calls "a nexus of religious power and knowledge" in which healers, sorcerers, priestly chanters, and dance-leaders exercise complementary functions that link living specialists with the deities and great spirits of the cosmos