Shamanism.
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Rolling Thunder / produced by Roy Tuckman.
An eight part documentary on the Shoshone medicine man; includes speeches and interviews by Rolling Thunder, music, and excerpts of his biography by Doug Boyd. Topics include ecology, pollution, social oppression, politics, Indian lore, holistic medicine, mysticism, philosophy, and magic. |r.1. Return to the land (53 min.). — r.2. Guardians of the land (48 min.).…
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Religious transculturation in the Carribean / Steven Glazier; produced by Whiteskunk Productions.
Talk by Dr. Steven Glazier, Professor at the University of Nebraska, on early transreligious bias and perceptions immediatly after Columbus “discovered” the Americas, and the early efforts to Christianize Native Americans. Some anamistic relgions were recognized as “State” religions, but shamanism and healers resisted conversion. Glazier discusses the early historical work of Catholic Priest Penaye…
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Psychic surgery in Latin America / Alberto Villoldo ; interviewed by Judy Walker.
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Charlie spider at the seeds of knowledge / Carlos Castaneda.
Carlos Castaneda, author of “The Teachings of Don Juan,” retells how when he first met Don Juan, the Bruho ‘Man of Knowledge’ of the Yaqui Indians. When they met the old sorceror burst out laughing, as Mr. Castaneda’s name means “Charlie Spider” in Spanish. Here, Mr. Castaneda answers questions about the hallucinatory and other mind…