Ethnic Tribal category: 190 books
Dancing with Dragons
Invoke Their Ageless Wisdom & Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Why do all cultures, distant and diverse, have similar tales of dragons? Universal wisdom confirms dragons have interacted with people since time immemorial—they call to us, pique our curiosity, and arouse our fears. These mystical beasts are real and their power, their influence, and especially...
Burnout -- How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith
Burnout to Bliss
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
Burnout -- How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith is Book 1 in the Burnout to Bliss series.
A professional woman experiences extreme burnout and existential crisis at the same time. She tries to feel better with self-medication like alcohol, drugs, and sex, but she gets no relief. She is shot...
Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa
A West African Spiritual Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012
In the realm of African spiritual pathways, no tradition is so widely embraced and practiced as the West African religion Orisa. Awakened by her own spiritual journey, Tobe Melora Correal, an initiated priestess in the Yoruba-Lukumi branch of Orisa, guides us along this blessed road. FINDING THE SOUL...
Religions and Development
What Impact Have the Nine Major Religions Had on the Creation of Wealth?
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2010
What impact have the nine major religions had on the creation of wealth? In 2007, on average, a Protestant "produced" two times more wealth than a Catholic, four times more than an Orthodox, thirteen times more than a Muslim, eighteen times more than a Buddhist, twenty-five times more than...
by CLARK WISSLER, Desmond Gahan
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
The Blackfoot tribes, particularly the Piegan, have been more extensively studied than most other Plains Indians. The writer began a systematic investigation of their culture in 1903. At that time, the only works treating them seriously were those of the younger Henry, Maximilian, and Grinnell. There...
Rastafari
From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2002
Once an obscure group of outcasts from the ghettoes of West Kingston, Jamaica, the Rastafarians have transformed themselves into a vibrant movement, firmly grounded in Jamaican society and beyond. In Rastafari, Ennis Barrington Edmonds provides a compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and...
Spirit Song
Afro-Brazilian Religious Music and Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
In Spirit Song: Afro-Brazilian Religious Music and Boundaries, Marc Gidal investigates how and why a multi-faith community in southern Brazil utilizes music to combine and segregate three Afro-Brazilian religions: Umbanda, Quimbanda, and Batuque. Combining ethnomusicology and symbolic boundary studies,...
by Walter Mcclintock
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
In 1886 Walter McClintock went to northwestern Montana as a member of a U.S. Forest Service expedition. He was adopted as a son by Chief Mad Dog, the high priest of the Sun Dance, and spent the next four years living on the Blackfoot Reservation. The Old North Trail, originally published in 1910, is a record of his experiences among the Blackfeet.
The Kebra Nagast
The Lost Bible of Rastafarian Wisdom and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A sacred text to Ethiopian Christians and Jamaican Rastafarians, The Kebra Nagast tells of the relationship between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and their son Menyelik, who hid the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia. This edition of the Ethiopian text is edited by Gerald Hausman, with an introduction by Ziggy Marley.
Rekindling the Sacred Fire
Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Why don’t more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical...
Babalawo, Santeria's High Priests
Fathers of the Secrets in Afro-Cuban Ifa
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2015
Cuban Ifá From An Insider
Hidden within the mysterious Afro-Cuban religion of Santería, also known as Lucumí, there is a deep body of secrets and rituals called Ifá, divination practiced by priests whose title, babalawo, means "Father of the Secrets." This book pulls away the veil of secrecy...
by Owen Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.
The information in this ebook on various aspects of body art and related subjects, such as piercing and tattoos, is organized into 16 chapters of about 500-600 words each.
I hope that it will interest those who...
The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora
Appropriation, Integration and Legislation
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
During its expansion from the Amazon jungle to Western societies, ayahuasca use has encountered different legal and cultural responses. Following on from the earlier edited collection, The Expanding World Ayahuasca Diaspora continues to explore how certain alternative global religious groups, shamanic...
Neighbors, Strangers, Witches, and Culture-Heroes
Ritual Powers of Smith/Artisans in Tuareg Society and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
This book examines alleged “superhuman” powers predominantly associated with smith/artisans in five African societies. It discusses their ritual and social roles, mythico-histories, symbols surrounding their art, and changing relationships between these specialists and their patrons. Needed but...