In Darkness and Secrecy The Anthropology of Assault Sorcery and Witchcraft in Amazonia 1st Edition by Neil Whitehead, Robin Wright 0822333457 9780822333456
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ISBN 10: 0822333457
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Author: Neil L. Whitehead, Robin Wright
In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark shamans are, in many Amazonian cultures, quite different from shamanic healers and prophets. Assault sorcery, in particular, involves violence resulting in physical harm or even death. While highlighting the distinctiveness of such practices, In Darkness and Secrecy reveals them as no less relevant to the continuation of culture and society than curing and prophecy. The contributors suggest that the persistence of dark shamanism can be understood as a form of engagement with modernity. These essays, by leading anthropologists of South American shamanism, consider assault sorcery as it is practiced in parts of Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Peru. They analyze the social and political dynamics of witchcraft and sorcery and their relation to cosmology, mythology, ritual, and other forms of symbolic violence and aggression in each society studied. They also discuss the relations of witchcraft and sorcery to interethnic contact and the ways that shamanic power may be co-opted by the state. In Darkness and Secrecy includes reflections on the ethical and practical implications of ethnographic investigation of violent cultural practices. Contributors. Dominique Buchillet, Carlos Fausto, Michael Heckenberger, Elsje Lagrou, E. Jean Langdon, George Mentore, Donald Pollock, Fernando Santos-Granero, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern, Márnio Teixeira-Pinto, Silvia Vidal, Neil L. Whitehead, Johannes Wilbert, Robin Wright
Table of contents:
Introduction: Dark Shamanism
Dark Shamans
Dark Shamanism and Assault Sorcery in New Guinea and Africa
Witchcraft and Sorcery in Amazonia
Theoretical Approaches
Ethics in Anthropological Research on Witchcraft and Sorcery
Notes
References
The Order of Dark Shamans among the Warao
Priest-Shamanism
Light Shamanism
Weather Shamanism
Dark Shamanism
Guardians of Society
Notes
References
Dark Shamans and the Shamanic State: Sorcery and Witchcraft as Political Process in Guyana and the Venezuelan Amazon
Shamanic Forces and Colonial Rule
Arawakan Shamans, Witches, and Sorcerers
Dark Shamans in the Politics of the Venezuelan Amazon
Kanaimà, Alleluia, and Millennial Prophecy in the Guyana Highlands
Arawakan Shamans and Politics since 1958
Occult Politics in Guyana since Independence
Conclusion
Notes
References
The Wicked and the Wise Men: Witches and Prophets in the History of the Northwest Amazon
Dark and Light Consciousness in the Baniwa Cosmos
The Nature of Witchcraft and Sorcery
Baniwa Prophets
Interpretation of the Tradition of Kamiko
Final Considerations
Notes
References
Sorcery Beliefs, Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge, and Therapeutic Practice among the Desana of the Upper Río Negro Region, Brazil
The Desana of the Upper Río Negro Region
Exogenous Pathogenesis as Etiological Category among the Desana People
The Social Context of Sorcery Suspicions and the Origin of Envy and Sorcery in the World
The Mythical Origin of the Illnesses That Affect Humanity Today
The Consequences of Sorcery Beliefs for the Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and for the Kumu’s Therapeutic Practice
Are the Kumua Morally Ambiguous?
Conclusion
Notes
References
The Glorious Tyranny of Silence and the Resonance of Shamanic Breath
Attempting to Give Voice to Silence
Resonance, Spiritual Vitality, and the Dark Shaman
The Case Opened
Yaskomo: The “Catcher” of Spiritual Vitalities
The Case Closed
Parting Remarks
Notes
References
A Blend of Blood and Tobacco: Shamans and Jaguars among the Parakanã of Eastern Amazonia
A Stench of Blood
The Faithful Enemy
Killing Jaguars
A Scent of Tobacco
Whose Eyes Are Mine?
Conclusion
Notes
References
The Wars Within: Xinguano Witchcraft and Balance of Power
Xinguanos and Others
Triangle of Power: Witches, Chiefs, and Shamans
Witchcraft and Disease
The Witch-Hunt
Conclusion
Notes
References
Siblings and Sorcerers: The Paradox of Kinship among the Kulina
Shamanic Sorcery
Sorcery Illness
Affines and Enemies
Siblings and Sorcerers
Notes
References
Being Alone amid Others: Sorcery and Morality among the Arara, Carib, Brazil
Isolation and Incest: Sorcery and the Discipline of Shamanism
Sorcery and the Moral Bounds of Shamanism
The Form and Meaning of Autonomy and Dispersion, Difference and Constraint
The Shaman as Giver: Producing Well-Being
The Person: Afflictions, Control, and Healing
The Hunt: Game for Assuring Collective Well-Being
The Jaguar: Perils and the Shamanic Anticult
Conclusion: Sorcery’s Outrage
Notes
References
Sorcery and Shamanism in Cashinahua Discourse and Praxis, Purus River, Brazil
Dauya, A Category of Accusation
Mukaya: At the Top of an Iceberg
The Initiation of a mukaya
Conclusion
Notes
References
The Enemy Within: Child Sorcery, Revolution, and the Evils of Modernization in Eastern Peru
Native Beliefs and Rationale
Situating Child Sorcery
Child Sorcery at Present
The Enemy Within
Notes
References
Commentary
Notes
References
Afterword: Substances, Powers, Cosmos and History
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