I’ve set this up as a placeholder for future book reviews, typically about the history of a region or religion, and probably associated reading lists. There will be few other posts and no opinion essays.
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I just put Shamanism in Siberia on my overly long reading list, thank you very much! Seriously though, sometimes the more obscure stuff (where there's less of a chance that you'll have absorbed it through osmosis of popular narratives, etc) is much more worthwhile. So start with that book if you want!
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