A new book from the author of the bestseller “The Warfare of the Indians of the Wild West.” The first encyclopedia of Indian beliefs and rituals. Everything about the shamanic practices of the indigenous population of North America, about combat and healing magic, both white and dark, about incredible abilities and formidable manifestations of the Force, about guides from the human world to the world of spirits and the traditions of using psychoactive substances that open the “gates of dreams.” This is not a literary hoax like the works of the notorious Carlos Castaneda, who capitalized on the ignorant public’s craving for the mysterious and “otherworldly,” but, according to the Indians themselves, his books “have more in common with “travels” after taking LSD than with genuine Indian culture.” , is a professional research based on the latest discoveries of historians, ethnologists and anthropologists. Did you know that Indian shamans knew how to heal severe wounds and diseases - cancer, tuberculosis, rabies, gangrene - long before European doctors, they successfully fought scurvy when whites Doctors also attributed it to the “influence of bad air,” and many American officers preferred to be treated not by army surgeons, but by “savage” healers? What do you know about the dark side of shamanism - sorcerers, werewolves, suppression of will at a distance and murders using ritual spells - about symptoms indicating the effects of witchcraft and methods of protection against it, about Indian amulets, amulets and rituals that save from evil will ? This book will open your eyes to the hidden world of Native Americans, where outsiders are not allowed, will allow you to look beyond the boundaries of our reality, will introduce you to the secrets of the Spirits and the origins of the Force.