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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.

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"Holographic Quantum Matter describes a new field that has emerged in the past decade at the interface of condensed matter physics and quantum gravity. Experimental discoveries in condensed matter have led to the identification of numerous materials--like high temperature superconductors (HTS)--in which the collective motion of electrons requires deeper understand of quantum effects at large length scales. HTS's act as a "strange metal" in which the charge and energy is not carried by quasiparticles. In the meantime, studies of quantum gravity using string theory led to a major breakthrough with the identification of a mathematical tool known as the holographic correspondence. The authors describe the developments that followed with the realization that states of quantum matter without quasiparticle excitations are precisely those that are efficiently described by the holographic correspondence. The book is addressed to graduate students in theoretical physics, especially those specializing in condensed matter, string theory, or quantum field theory. It presents the necessary background in the study of quantum matter and in string theory, so that students in both fields are apprised of recent developments in the other field. It connects this introductory discussion to what are the most important recent developments. It provides the tools and motivation for performing holographic computations. And it explains how the salient technical results from holographic studies have led to new insights into quantum matter"--

Holography. --- Duality (Nuclear physics) --- Condensed matter. --- Condensed materials --- Condensed media --- Condensed phase --- Materials, Condensed --- Media, Condensed --- Phase, Condensed --- Liquids --- Matter --- Solids --- Nuclear reactions --- Scattering (Physics) --- Laser photography --- Lensless photography --- Photography, Lensless --- Wavefront reconstruction imaging --- Diffraction --- Holographic interferometry --- Interference (Light) --- Interferometry --- Laser recording --- Photonics --- Speckle metrology --- Three-dimensional display systems --- quantum matter --- holographic --- condensed matter --- condensed matter physics --- quantum --- quantum field theory --- holographic duality --- duality --- black hole --- superconductors --- theoretical physics --- quantum gravity --- holographic principle --- gauge theory --- string theory --- cosmology --- adSCFT correspondence --- anti-de Sitterconformal field theory correspondence --- Maldacena duality --- gaugegravity duality --- holographic correspondence