Mesas & Cosmologies in the Central Andes edited by Douglas Sharon

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Mesas & Cosmologies in the Central Andes edited by Douglas Sharon

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Edited by Douglas Sharon, Ph.D., Mesas & Cosmologies in the Central Andes gives a focused overview of the subject matter, dealing with both archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence for pre-Hispanic shamanism in the Andes. It gives insight into cosmological concepts underlying the rites and power objects of contemporary shamans, including ethnological interpretation of the ritual paraphernalia and practices of contemporary shamans inhabiting parts of the Andes where pre-Columbian cultural legacies are still alive. In these regions, shamanism enjoys a widespread popular appeal because it is effective in meeting a basic human need to attribute meaning to existence.

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The publication includes the following papers: "Mountain-Body Metaphor of Kallawaya Andeans Expressed in Mesas" by Joseph Bastien (University of Texas, Arlington); "The Power of the Enqaychu and the Cosmos of Andeans Pastoralists" by Inge Bolin (Malaspina University College, British Columbia); "The Emergence of the Modern Mesa: African Influence and Syncretisms Revisited" by Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Utah State University); "Constructing the Mesa: From Extirpation to Adoration" by Donald Joralemon (Smith College, Massachusetts); "Spellbound: Love and Magic on the North Coast of Peru" by Luis Milliones and Laura León-Llerena (Lima, Peru); "Andean Cosmology and Cosmography in the North-Peruvian Shamanic Mesa" by Mario Polia (Rome); "Shamanism, Mesas, and Cosmologies in the Central Andes" by Douglas Sharon (P. A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley); "Curanderismo at La Pescadera-Salas" by Donald Skillman (Logan, Utah); "Chavín de Huántar: Evidence for an Evolved Shamanism" by John Rick (Stanford University); and "Social Organization as Ritual: The Chipaya Andeans of the Bolivian Altiplano" by Henri Migala. The new book is illustrated with 76 photographs, drawings, and maps.