Christ Returns from the Jungle David W. Wood

Christ Returns from the Jungle David W. WoodAn in depth, ethnographic study of the transnational expansion of Santo Daime, a mystical religious tradition organized around sacramental ingestion of the mind altering ayahuasca beverage. After more than 450 years of European intrusions into South America's rainforest, small groups of people across Europe now gather discreetly to participate in Amazonian ceremonies their local governments consider a criminal act. As devotees of a new Brazil based

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including scholars of comparative poetics

With the coming of the Scientific Revolution in the 16th and 17th centuries

god of wealth and king of the yaks In demonic guise

as he returns from his latest trek

the chapter looks ahead to future research trends and provides guidance on further reading on the subject

The essays and case studies provide numerous perspectives on topics such as diversity

and rapidly changing digital technologies

Mont-Saint Michel was built in a period where faith was aggressive

the subjects and objects of composing

Disappearing Persons helps us to understand the roots of the psychocultural crisis confronting our increasingly appearance-oriented

congressional silence has affected both citizens and corporations and resulted in myriad tax inequalities from one state to another on such things as personal income