Robin M. Wright is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.

"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography."-Donald Pollock, Anthropos "Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research "No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice "What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets1. "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 Silva2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's LifePart 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the AncestorsPart 3. 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 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School ComplexConclusionAppendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka WamundanaAppendix 2. Description of The Mysterious Body of KuwaiNotesBibliographyIndex

Robin M. Wright is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.

"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography."-Donald Pollock, Anthropos "Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research "No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice "What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets1. "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 Silva2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's LifePart 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the AncestorsPart 3. 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 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School ComplexConclusionAppendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka WamundanaAppendix 2. Description of The Mysterious Body of KuwaiNotesBibliographyIndex

Robin M. Wright is an associate professor of religion at the University of Florida. He is the coeditor of Native Christians: Modes and Effects of Christianity among Indigenous Peoples of the Americas and In Darkness and Secrecy: The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia.

"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography."-Donald Pollock, Anthropos "Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written."—Rebecca R. Stone, Journal of Anthropological Research "No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!"—S. D. Glazier, Choice "What Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it."—Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database

• List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets1. "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 Silva2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making3. "You Will Suffer Along Our Way": The Great Suffering in Mandu's LifePart 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the AncestorsPart 3. 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 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School ComplexConclusionAppendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka WamundanaAppendix 2. Description of The Mysterious Body of KuwaiNotesBibliographyIndex