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The Palm and the Pleiades

- Initiation and Cosmology in Northwest Amazonia

About The Palm and the Pleiades

The book is an extended study in English of Amazonian ritual. Through an analysis of a secret men's cult widespread throughout Northwest Amazonia, Hugh-Jones builds up a general picture of a South American Indian society, and of a religious and cosmological system that is common to a large area of Northwest Amazonia.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521358903
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 356
  • Published:
  • March 31, 1988
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x233x22 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 542 g.
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Description of The Palm and the Pleiades

The book is an extended study in English of Amazonian ritual. Through an analysis of a secret men's cult widespread throughout Northwest Amazonia, Hugh-Jones builds up a general picture of a South American Indian society, and of a religious and cosmological system that is common to a large area of Northwest Amazonia.

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