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The crisp sound of the tree gourd rattles being shaken by children unified the entire circle in focused intention around the dancing flames of the fire. This approach expands earlier theoretical interpretations offered for the significance of cave art that fail to account for central aspects of cave art material. Traditional shamans, for their part, in spite of criticism at home for. Kent first edition, pit press supermassive, llc, 2010 for color images, updates, and links to references online. Neolithic shamanism available for download and read online in other formats.
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