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Ayahuasca Visions: The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman

by Pablo Amaringo, Luis Eduardo Luna · 1991

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The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.

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Latin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisPeruPeruMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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