Florinda Donner Shabono Carlos Castaneda Yanomami Shamanism Russian Book 1994

by Florinda Donner

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📘 Florinda Donner — Shabono A journey into the world of the Yanomami — shamanism, ritual and indigenous life in the South American rainforest “Shabono” by Florinda Donner is one of the best-known works associated with the circle of Carlos Castaneda, combining personal narrative, ethnographic observation and an exploration of indigenous spiritual and shamanic traditions. The book recounts Donner’s experiences among the Yanomami people of South America. Entering a remote indigenous community, she describes everyday life, social relationships, rituals, traditional ideas about illness and healing, encounters with shamans, and beliefs concerning spirits and the invisible dimensions of existence. Rather than presenting the material as a conventional academic ethnography, Donner builds an immersive narrative around her own participation in the life of the community. Descriptions of the rainforest, ceremonies, healing practices and indigenous mythology are intertwined with a personal story of adaptation to a radically different cultural environment. The book occupies an unusual position between anthropology, travel narrative, spirituality and literature. Its atmosphere and themes have also made it particularly interesting to readers of Carlos Castaneda and literature devoted to shamanism, altered states of consciousness and indigenous spiritual traditions. Donner was closely associated with Carlos Castaneda, and this Russian edition explicitly presents the book as the journey of a w

• Publisher: Sofia
• Year: 1994
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 5710100307
• Condition: Good

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