Failed God

Fractured Myth in a Fragile World

Written by John A. Rush Ph.D.

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On a 2001 trip to the cathedrals of Europe, anthropologist John Rush and his wife entered St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and encountered a mosaic depicting Jesus surrounded by mushrooms with an Amanita muscaria cap in his hand. Examining the space with new eyes, they discovered images of mushrooms and mind-altering...

Planet Medicine, Revised Edition

Modalities

Written by Richard Grossinger, Preface by Peter Levine

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Planet Medicine is a major work by an anthropologist who looks at medicine in a broad context. In this edition, additions to this classic text include a section on Reiki, a comparison of types of palpation used in healing, updates on craniosacral therapy, and a means of understanding how different alternative...

Planet Medicine, Revised Edition

Origins

Written by Richard Grossinger, Preface by John Upledger

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Planet Medicine is a major work by an anthropologist who looks at medicine in a broad context. In this edition, additions to this classic text include a section on Reiki, a comparison of types of palpation used in healing, updates on craniosacral therapy, and a means of understanding how different alternative...

Wind in the Blood

Mayan Healing and Chinese Medicine

Written by Hernan Garcia, Antonio Sierra and Gilberto Balam, Translated by Jeff Conant

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Wind in the Blood is a detailed look at Mayan medicine on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and its similarities to Chinese traditional medicine. It was originally published in Spanish as a manual for health workers in Mayan areas to bridge the gulf between Western medcal technique and Mayan medical knowledge. Mexican physicians...

Maya Atlas

The Struggle to Preserve Maya Land in Southern Belize

Written by Toledo Maya Cultural Council and Toledo Alcades Association

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The Maya Atlas was made by the forty-two Ke'kchi and Mopan Maya communities of southern Belize. The maps, text, drawings, photographs and interviews were done by Maya village researchers and cartographers elected by the communities. In their own words and with their own maps, the Maya describe their land and life...

Ecology, Meaning, and Religion

Written by Roy A. Rappaport

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"Two enterprises have proceeded in anthropology since ts earliest days. One, objective in its aspirations and inspired by biological disciplines, seeks explanation and is concerned to discover laws and causes. The other, subjective in its orientation and influenced by philosophy, linguistics, and the humatities, attempts interpretation and seeks to elucidate meanings...