Year Released 1968
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Copyright 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1968 Folkways Records

Genre(s) Poetry
Country(s) Australia; Canada; China; Gabon; Mexico; Nigeria; Papua New Guinea; United Kingdom; United States
Culture Group(s) Altaic; Anglo-Saxon; Apache; Aztec; Cherokee; Copper; Dobu; Gitksan; Keresan; Mbuti; Navajo
Subject(s) Poetry; Spoken word
Credits

• Jerome Rothenberg - Producer
• Ronald Clyne - Designer

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	101	Spells and Charms: How Isaac Tens Became a Shaman (Gitksan Indian)	n/a	3:27
	102	Spells and Charms: A Shaman Climbs Up the Sky (Altaic)	n/a	2:51
	103	Spells and Charms: A Poison Arrow (Nigeria)	n/a	1:06
	104	Spells and Charms: For a Sudden Stitch (Anglo-Saxon)	n/a	1:22
	105	Spells and Charms: The Killer (Cherokee Indian)	n/a	0:48
	106	Spells and Charms: Cannibal Song / Against Wens / Against Syphillis (Cobu, New Guinea)	n/a	2:44
	107	Spells and Charms: Nine Herbs Charm (Anglo-Saxon)	n/a	3:37
	108	Spells and Charms: Rain Song (Keresan Indian)	n/a	0:46
	109	Spells and Charms: Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo)	n/a	1:20
	110	Spells and Charms: Flower Feast Song (Aztec)	n/a	3:05
	201	Rites and Visions: Circumcision Rite (Arnehm Land, Australia)	n/a	0:56
	202	Rites and Visions: Songs of the Masked Dancers (Apache)	n/a	2:04
	203	Rites and Visions: Marriage Rites (Arnehm Land, Australia)	n/a	1:07
	204	Rites and Visions: Night Chant (Navajo)	n/a	4:03
	205	Rites and Visions: The Forest (Aztec)	n/a	3:58
	206	Rites and Visions: The Annunciation (Tibet)	n/a	0:49
	207	Rites and Visions: Smohalla Speaks (American Indian)	n/a	1:02
	208	Rites and Visions: Songs of the Ghost Dance Religion (American Indian)	n/a	1:12
	209	Rites and Visions: The Light Becomes Dark (Gabon Pygmy)	n/a	0:42
	210	Rites and Visions: Those Were People Who Broke the String	n/a	0:34
	211	Rites and Visions: The Surrender Speech of Chief Joseph (American Indian)	n/a	0:59
	212	Rites and Visions: Dead Hunter Speaks through the Voice of a Shaman (Copper Eskimo)	n/a	1:30
	213	Rites and Visions: The Gates of Dan Are Shut (Gabon Pygmy)	n/a	0:59