An introduction to shamanism /
DuBois, Thomas A. 1960-
An introduction to shamanism / Thomas A. DuBois. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
Introductions -- Shamanism and the issue of religion -- A history of shamanic encounters -- Shamanism in archaeological evidence -- Shamanic soteriology and ritual -- Cosmology and the work of the shaman -- The call and initiation -- Mediating the spirit world : shamanic roles and careers -- Examining ritual effectiveness -- Seance, trance, and the shamanic mind -- Shamans, clients, and healing -- The shamanic arsenal -- Music and entheogens : pathways to ecstasy -- The material culture of shamanism -- Shamanic verbal art -- Shamanic politics in a changing world -- Shamanism under attack -- Shamanic revitalizations -- Neoshamanism.
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2008053947
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014926386 Uk
Shamanism.
BF1611 / .D83 2009
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An introduction to shamanism / Thomas A. DuBois. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
Introductions -- Shamanism and the issue of religion -- A history of shamanic encounters -- Shamanism in archaeological evidence -- Shamanic soteriology and ritual -- Cosmology and the work of the shaman -- The call and initiation -- Mediating the spirit world : shamanic roles and careers -- Examining ritual effectiveness -- Seance, trance, and the shamanic mind -- Shamans, clients, and healing -- The shamanic arsenal -- Music and entheogens : pathways to ecstasy -- The material culture of shamanism -- Shamanic verbal art -- Shamanic politics in a changing world -- Shamanism under attack -- Shamanic revitalizations -- Neoshamanism.
9780521873536 (hardback) 0521873533 (hardback) 9780521695367 (pbk.) 0521695368 (pbk.)
2008053947
GBA925175 bnb
014926386 Uk
Shamanism.
BF1611 / .D83 2009
201/.44