Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Red a practicing shaman and licensed

a practicing shaman and licensed massage therapist since 1981

and how to use sacred tobacco in ritual

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it is a legacy of the Inca

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America by Johannes Wilbert Red a practicing shaman and licensedAnthropologist Johannes Wilbert here presents a comprehensive ethnography of magico religious, medicinal, and recreational tobacco use among native South American societies. Surveying nearly three hundred societies, Wilbert has found that South American Indians employ numerous means of nicotine application and that a close functional relationship exists between tobacco and shamanism. His book is "a superb reference and a pleasure to read."Robert Byck,