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Faces in the smoke

an eyewitness experience of voodoo, shamanism, psychic healing, and other amazing human powers

by Douchan Gersi

  • First published:
  • 12th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Douchan Gersi, an internationally known explorer and documentary maker, recounts dozens of mysterious events and arcane religious rituals he has seen in the remote areas of Borneo, Haiti, the Sahara, the Philippines, the Andes, and elsewhere.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Psychic healing, auras, and subtle energy, Ritual magic and grimoires, Shamanism and spirit practice, and Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “magick” in the subject metadata.

    • “magick”· in subject
  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Vodou”. Retained metadata contains “voodoo” in the subtitle, “Vodou” in the subject metadata, “voodoo” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Vodou”· via Open Library
    • “voodoo”· in subtitle
    • “Vodou”· in subject
    • “voodoo”· in subject
    • “voodoo”· in edition subtitle
  • Psychic healing, auras, and subtle energy

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Psychic healing”. Retained metadata contains “Psychic healing” in the subtitle, “Psychic healing” in the subject metadata, and “Psychic healing” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Psychic healing”· via Internet Archive
    • “Psychic healing”· in subtitle
    • “Psychic healing”· in subject
    • “Psychic healing”· in edition subtitle
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary matched “Shamanism” and “Shamans”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subtitle, “Shamanism” in the subject metadata, and “Shamanism” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Shamanism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Shamanism”· via Open Library
    • “Shamans”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in subtitle
    • “Shamanism”· in subject
    • “Shamanism”· in edition subtitle

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Editions

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an eyewitness experience of voodoo, shamanism, psychic healing, and other amazing human powers

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an eyewitness experience of voodoo, shamanism, psychic healing, and other amazing human powers

Open Library record

1991Distributed by St. Martin's Press; J.P. TarcherEnglish
  • 9780874775952
  • 0874775957
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Subjects

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