Animism as mimesis -- To kill or not to kill: rebirth, sharing, and risk -- Body-soul dialectics: human rebirth beliefs -- Ideas of species and personhood -- Animals as persons -- Shamanism -- The spirit world -- Learning and dreaming -- Taking animism seriously
Summary
Basing his study on firsthand experience with Yukaghir hunters, Rane Willerslev focuses on the practical implications of living in a 'hall of mirrors' world, one inhabited by humans, animals and spirits, all of whom are understood to be endless mimetic doubles of one another
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index
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