Juan Alejandro Chindoy Chindoy is Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy at Caldas University, Manizales, Colombia, and Lecturer in Philosophy of Law and Hermeneutics at Universidad Católica Luis Amigó, Manizales, Colombia.

• IntroductionGeneralities of Kamëntšá CultureA Philosophical Approach to Kamëntšá CultureChapter 1 – Time in Kamëntšá CultureTwo Conceptions of TimeTime as HistorySibundoy at the Time of the Early Spanish ConquistadorsCarlos Tamabioy's Legacy in Land OwnershipCapuchin Missionaries and the Division of Land in the Sibundoy ValleyTime as Primary ExperienceStorytelling as Constituted SymbolScholarship on Storytelling as Constituted SymbolStorytelling as Constituting SymbolConclusionChapter 2 – Beauty in Kamëntšá CultureBëtskanté as Constituted SymbolFrom Bëtsknaté to Clestrin?ëBëtsknaté as a Constituting Symbol: An Experience of DancingThe Philosophical Significance of Kamëntšá DancingConclusionChapter 3 – Spirit in Kamëntšá CultureNative Doctors and Rituals of Healing: The Constituted Nature of RitualsScholarly Descriptions of YajéYajé ceremonies in Sibundoy: The Constituting Aspects of YajéConclusionConclusionBibliography

With a decidedly didactic tone and in dialogue with the American philosophical tradition, Chindoy articulates communal history and personal experience to introduce the Western reader to Time, Beauty, and Spirit as living forces in the Kamëntšá culture. It is in the transformative effects of its reading that this concise volume becomes, in the author’s words, a beautiful and meaningful conversation.