
Juremas Children in the Forest of Spirits
Healing and ritual among two Brazilian indigenous groups
Series: Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Published: 1997
Pages: 144
eBook: 9781780445243
Paperback: 9781853394027
1. Ethnohistory and cultural identity 9
2. Ouricuri ritual, secrets and power 25
3. Space and time 38
4. Nature's kinfolk 57
5. The healing universe 70
6. Materia Medica and sets of health conditions 85
7. Conclusions: ethnicity, cognition and survival 92
Notes 104
Appendix 107
Glossary 123
Bibliography 128
Clarice Novaes da Mota
Clarice Novaes da Mota is Program Associate for Brazil at IPAS/USA, IPAS Brazil and Adjunct Professor at the Instituto de Filosofia e Cincias Sociais, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro.