BRENTWOOD BAY, B.C. — Marianne Edwards had received her song from the other world, and now, up on Mount Newton, she stripped and backed into the black, frigid pond to purify her body and cleanse the ...

Strangers to each other, the two young men came together in an ancient American Indian dance ceremony that honors warriors past and present. Eric Isaac, who is Tohono O'odham, moved his feet in ...

In the context of any possession ritual (not limited solely to serpent worship, but including practices like kola or theyyam), the process of spirit possession may be seen as a manifestation of an ...