Juxtaposing an analysis of Wari' ethnography (Southern Amazon) with other ethnographic material from the South American lowlands, the article seeks to show how the language of corporality, central to understanding the shaman's capacity to change identity, transforming himself into an animal, is essential to conceptualizing the experience of the White world in the Amerindian context.
Amazonia; Shamanism; Inter-ethnic contact; Tradition; Perspectivism