Ethnic & Tribal 5

In 1956, pioneering psychedelic researchers Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond were invited to join members of the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to participate in a pey……続きを見る

Religio-political organisations in Zimbabwe play an important role in advocating democratisation and reconciliation, against acquiescent, silenced or co-opted mainstream churches. Reconciliation and……続きを見る

An enchanting tale of travels among South East Asia’s Sea Gypsies, scattered groups of semi-nomadic fisher people who occupy the spaces between the islands. A glance at the map of South East Asia re……続きを見る

The moral values and interpretive systems of religions are crucially involved in how people imagine the challenges of sustainability and how societies mobilize to enhance ecosystem resilience and hu……続きを見る

Love can be delightful, befuddling, disenchanting, its mists and fog clouding your sight. It can turn you inside out, leave you asking yourself “what if?” Through the lens of love and the joy of cre……続きを見る

Nature conservation planning tends to be driven by models based on Western norms and science, but these may not represent the cultural, philosophical and religious contexts of much of Asia. This boo……続きを見る

Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Pares traces the formation of Candomble, one of the most influent……続きを見る

Exploring the cultural lives of African slaves in the early colonial Portuguese world, with an emphasis on the more than one million Central Africans who survived the journey to Brazil, James Sweet ……続きを見る

Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linke……続きを見る

Nago Grandma and White Papa is a signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies originally published in Brazil in 1988. This edition makes Beatriz Gois Dantas's historioethnograp……続きを見る

Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology a……続きを見る

This is an Amazon indigenous story, told by the author's Aymara grandfather in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil. It depicts daily activities and challenges in the life of a remote village along a tr……続きを見る

African immigration to North America has been rapidly increasing. Yet, little has been written about this significant group of immigrants and the particular religious traditions that they are transp……続きを見る

The ancient heartland of shamanism is no longer forbidden territory - to travelers or to the spirits. But the spirits never left the vastnesses of Siberia and Central Asia, as these writings reveal.……続きを見る

This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and p……続きを見る

This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worshipーwith the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrifices, the study examines Akan conception of God,……続きを見る

As a young man, American Louis Sarno heard a song on the radio that gripped his imagination. With some funding from musician Brian Eno, he followed the mysterious sounds all the way to the Central A……続きを見る

Sometime in August 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota. What Old Buffalo and Swift Dog said that ……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book to Hoodoo Love Spells contains detailed instructions to get attention……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book of Hoodoo Protection Spells contains detailed instructions to protect……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book of Hoodoo Wealth Spells is a collection of Hoodoo spells and charms t……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book of Hoodoo Luck Spells is filled with easy to use spells and charm tha……続きを見る

Fire and Water is the first written collection of stories based on Hawaiian legends told on Maui. It is a classic Hawaiian children's book. The setting for this delightful collection of stories is t……続きを見る

Okinawa is a fascinating account of the most unusual religious practices of the Okinawan people. Subject throughout their long history to many foreign influences, the Okinawan people still retain to……続きを見る

This is a comprehensive guide to the diverse religious history of Hawaii. Beginning with the religion of ancient Hawaii, depicting the arrival of the first missionaries, and, religion by religion, c……続きを見る

This literary treasure provides one of the earliest glimpses into pre colonial Hawaaiin culture. This book, one of six written by Dr. Westervelt, is a fascinating compilation of Hawaiian legends and……続きを見る

Written by imperial command in the eighth century, The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters is Japan's classic of classics, the oldest connected literary work and the fundamental scripture of Shinto. ……続きを見る

Myths & Legends of the Polynesians is an account of the history, art and mythology of the Polynesian peoples. The Polynesians had many myths and legends, but through the ages they had been circulate……続きを見る

Masaharu Anesaki's History of Japanese Religion continues to be a much-cited pillar of Japanese studies and is now available in digital format. The original draft of the present book was an outcome ……続きを見る

This Japanese Shinto book profiles each of the "Seven Luck Gods"--important deities in Japanese culture. The Seven Lucky Gods of Japan are a group of deities whose origins stem from Indian, Chinese,……続きを見る