The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine. Shamanism, a richly illustrated guide, loo
In this acclaimed work, the anthropologist Piers Vitebsky offers a unique account of the Eveny, nomads who live in intimate partnership with an extraordinary animal. For centuries reindeer have provid
Over forty years ago, when Piers Vitebsky first conducted ethnographic fieldwork among them, the Sora, a tribal group that lives in the highland jungles of southeastern India practiced a highly advanc
Piers Vitebsky’s work is characterized by deep involvement with the people he writes about—often over decades, involving the mastery of several languages, and built on extensive and deep friendships t
