- Quesalid
Quesalid was a
First Nations shaman who lived onVancouver Island ,Canada . He wrote an autobiography in Kwak'wala, theKwakiutl language , discovered byFranz Boas and well known byanthropologist s, in which he recounted his experiences as a shaman from an authentic view.Quesalid started to be interested in shamanism because he was suspicious that shamanism was not true. Then, he enter in a "shamanism school", learned how to play the role. But he continued, became a well known shaman, and continued to report his experience. A summary of his autobiography indicates that he moved from a sceptical position to a "social view" of shamanism - that shamanic work is psychology, and about the faith of the sick people, and the faith of the community.
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* LEVI-STRAUSS, Claude, Le Sorcier et sa magie, 1949, in "Anthropologie structurale", Paris, 1958. Chap. IX: Le Sorcier et sa Magie.
* http://www.carishina.com/webnewarticles/chamanisme.html
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