Goldwork and Shamanism

Download or read book Goldwork and Shamanism written by Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff and published by Villegas Asociados. This book was released on 2005 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic study with photos of gold artifacts. Book by Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia scholar Reichel-Dolmatoff with studies of the mysterious rituals of what was undoubtedly the most important aspect of the life of the ancient ethnic communities of El Dorado: the decisive role of the Shamans and their hallucinatory world of magic and religion. The book analyses the spiritual dimensions of these cultures and the natural wisdom of century-old secrets along lavish full-page color images of the enigmatic and beautiful gold objects still known today as "gold of the ancients" that skillful craftsmen wrought for ritual use.