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[The Yawanáwa medical system and its specialists: healing, power, and shamanic initiation].

L. Pérez-gil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública March 1, 2001 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2001000200008 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Population Yawanáwa people
Topics Shamanism
Citations 15
Key points Argues that the diverse terms and techniques in Yawanáwa shamanism are unified by shared concepts of power and knowledge, revealed through shamanic initiation.

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A wide variety of terms are used in Yawanáwa shamanism to name both healers and the relations between these specialists and techniques of healing and aggression, a characteristic that appears heterogeneous and complex. However, there is unity behind this appearance, because all the techniques are based on the same concepts of power and knowledge. To show how these ideas are conceived by the Yawanáwa, this article explores the process by which power and knowledge are acquired: shamanic initiation.

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