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This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the “part is equal to the whole,” which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans’ relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement.

Yanomamo Indians --- Yanomamo mythology. --- Shamanism --- Religion. --- ancient phenomenon. --- anthropology. --- biomedicine. --- cosmology. --- cultural change. --- disease. --- dreams. --- engaging. --- ethnographic material. --- fieldwork. --- firsthand experiential involvement. --- healing. --- holographic principle. --- illness. --- indigenous people. --- indigenous studies. --- initiatory ordeal. --- native religions. --- origin myths. --- page turner. --- regional study. --- shamanism. --- shamanistic activities. --- social science. --- sociology of religion. --- spirit helpers. --- spiritual. --- unexplained phenomena. --- villages. --- yanomami shamanism.