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Spirit of the Rainforest
The Yanamamo of the Amazon -- endangered children of nature or indigenous warmongers on the verge of destroying themselves? Now for the first time, a powerful Yanomamo shaman speaks for his people. Jungleman provides shocking, never-before-answered accounts of life-or-death battles among his people -- and perhaps even more disturbing among the spirits who fight for their s...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
January 1st 2000
by Island Lake Press
(first published 1996)
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A CROSS-CULTURAL CRITICAL REVIEW OF
SPIRIT OF THE RAINFOREST
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The broken heart of a Yanomamö shaman expresses the story of his people in this vivid account of an Amazonian tribe and their passage through the spirit world to meet the great creator Spirit. Spirit of the Rainforest reveals a people imprisoned in darkness, captive to lives of murderous vengeance, savage raping, and unceasing fear for their enemies hidden both in the shadows of the rainforest and lurking in the dark...more
SPIRIT OF THE RAINFOREST
Summation and Content
The broken heart of a Yanomamö shaman expresses the story of his people in this vivid account of an Amazonian tribe and their passage through the spirit world to meet the great creator Spirit. Spirit of the Rainforest reveals a people imprisoned in darkness, captive to lives of murderous vengeance, savage raping, and unceasing fear for their enemies hidden both in the shadows of the rainforest and lurking in the dark...more
This book was a really good book. At first I thought it was going to be a missionary story, but it is not. Mark Richie (who I actually met last year before I even knew this book existed) is retelling the story of the life of a Yanomamo shaman, and it is biographical based on recorded interviews. The shaman tells the story of his people as missionaries, priests, and anthropologists arrive in their remote jungle villages and begin to influence the Yanomamo with their various worldviews, opinions,...more
This is the story of the Yanomamo of the Amazon, a gruesome, vengeful people who undertake a great spiritual journey and discover the Creator Spirit. Surprisingly, even miraculously (I don't think that's an overstatement), they transform into a gentle people of peace. Mark Andrew Ritchie offers a refreshingly straightforward and respectful retelling of a Yanonamo shaman's memories, who relives for us the horrific violence, the cycles of heartbreak and shame, the mystical visions, and the joy of...more
So, almost 2 years ago, I spent a lot of time with my good friend, Joe Ritchie, and he told me about how his dad wrote a book about a South American village (a people called the Yanamamo) that was transformed by God. He gave me a copy of the book, and warned me that it was going to be really violent. It was!
I really started reading this book earlier this year, and the journey told in this book was remarkable. At some points it felt repetitive. The violence was sometimes hard to imagine (and some...more
I really started reading this book earlier this year, and the journey told in this book was remarkable. At some points it felt repetitive. The violence was sometimes hard to imagine (and some...more
this book was an amazing account of the true story behind the spiritual journey of the yanomamo people. i was floored by these people's ability to know what's going on in the spiritual realm, and their stories opened my eyes to the truth about what is going on. but more than that, i was in awe of God's desire and ability to reach these people's hearts. the yanomamo people have a history of being very violent, revenge-driven people... but meeting the one true God and learning about Jesus Christ c...more
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This is a powerful story told by a Shaman from the Amazon. Powerful in terms of his experiences with the spiritual world and the battle that he has witnessed there between the evil spirits he's known well and whom have ruled his people for so long and the Spirit of God that he comes to know and love. After reading his story it is hard to ignore the spiritual world and its impact on the physical. His experiences with the spirit world are insightful for any human no matter what culture he or she c...more
Incredible story. This book is shocking, emotional, funny, uncomfortably graphic, easy to read, incredibly fascinating, and extremely eye-opening. Written through the eyes of a former shaman himself, this book takes you through a span of generations in the heart of the Amazon where this particular tribe lives and operates in their shamanistic practices.
It's easy to think of small uninterrupted tribes as ignorant, innocent and totally cut off from the fallen world, and much of the secular view i...more
It's easy to think of small uninterrupted tribes as ignorant, innocent and totally cut off from the fallen world, and much of the secular view i...more
This book was recommended to me by a young man getting ready to go on missions to a remote tribe living in the rainforest. It is the shaman's own story and all royalties from this book go to the Yanomamo Indians. It will open your eyes to the spiritual realm and make you realize how violent a culture can become without... the fear and respect of a loving God in their midst
I was surpriesed to find an assigned book from class turned out to be the best book I've read this year so far. Granted it's still only March, but the book is incredible in how it connects you to the Yanomamo people emotionally. There were many stories that had me cringing and angry, but I also laughed and felt joy in many instances as well. A must read for anyone.
I highly recommend this book. It is shocking and disturbing and challenging. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
I read this book for a class in seminary on angels and demons. The spiritual life of the Yanomamo tribe is unlike our own spiritual experience. Your eyes will definitely open to a new view of the world.
I read this book for a class in seminary on angels and demons. The spiritual life of the Yanomamo tribe is unlike our own spiritual experience. Your eyes will definitely open to a new view of the world.
Amazing story of God reaching into the darkness of a sequestered uncivilized jungle culture and rescuing a shaman leader from the iron grip of evil and murder. Takes a strong heart to read.
Intense story about how God can transform cultures through individuals. Also, it describes the complexities when the good and bad from different cultures collide.
Riveting story about the Yanomamo people, their spirit world, and some were set free by the "Spirit" of the rainforest.
This book was so amazing that I wish I could rate it 10 stars. This book, although highly graphic and violent, was extremely enlightening to the ways of spiritual warfare. It is an easy read, but an emotionally draining book as I cried throughout most of it.
Beautiful and sad book.
Fascinating.
a brilliantly written documentary of members of the yanomamo tribe in south america. both an intensely sad look at the depths to which the human soul sinks w/o Christ and gloriously encouraging testimony to the redemptive work of Christ. anyone entering any missionfield... it will fire you up or turn you off. either way you'll know where you stand.
"to truly know the horrors of war, you have to be there, to experience it... but this graphic book comes incredibly close" - a friend in the service
"to truly know the horrors of war, you have to be there, to experience it... but this graphic book comes incredibly close" - a friend in the service
When I first started reading this book, I was absolutely shocked by the violence and brutality. It can be a disturbing read for this reason. I read this as a senior in college and was an anthropology major, so I was able to read it with an open mind, but I think some readers would have a problem with ethnocenticism. I knew very little about the Yanomamo before reading this book, but now I feel like I have some good insight.
It's really interesting to hear the story of Yanamamo spirituality from the point of view of an actual Shaman (through the filter of the author), as opposed to the many anthropologists who idealize the Yanamamo way of life. Although the author is christian, he tries as hard as he can to be unbiased. This books hard to find, but one of the most fascinating non-fictions I've ever read.
absolutely essential response to an overly rousseau-influenced view of tribal life
A true story about the wonder of incarnation and the need for humanity to understand one another.
This is an excellent book for those wanting to learn more about the Yanomamo ways.
This is an awesome view of spiritual warfare. It's a great non-fiction book.
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