Description
Describes the influence of spoken and written language and rational thinking on man's perception of the natural world around him.
Review
Anthropologist and sleight of hand magician encounters indigenous shamanic practitioners around the world. The transformation of his worldview is presented with reference to phenomenology and animist thinking. He writes wonderfully, bringing alive his encounters with the more-than-human-world. Abram present the role of shaman or natural priest as mediator between human and nonhhuman communities for health and ecological balance.
