Working with "La Medicina": Elements of Healing in Contemporary Ayahuasca Rituals

Anthropology of Consciousness

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-27

  Fotiou, Evgenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Ayahuasca; Healing; Ritual; Shamanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858302810     PISSN: 10534202     EISSN: 15563537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2012.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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