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The first contact with American shamanism was made through the European discovery of America and the early knowledge and appraisal was provided from Christian missionaries. Native practitioners were accused of messing with demons or being confused about the devil’s influence (Narby & Huxley, 2001, pp.1). European discoverers and merchants described them as jugglers, sorcerers, wizards and conjurers or in other pejorative terms (ibid, p.2).
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Wolff, T.J. (2020). Neo-shamanism. In: The Touristic Use of Ayahuasca in Peru. Sozialwissenschaftliche Gesundheitsforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29373-4_5
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