Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Red in which health and illness

in which health and illness express the balance between man and nature

This rawhide rattle features a beautifully hand painted gray wolf

it brings a connection to Nature as well

it is a legacy of the Inca

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Red in which health and illnessAnthropologist 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,