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An introduction to shamanism / Thomas A. DuBois.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: xi, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521873536 (hardback)
  • 0521873533 (hardback)
  • 9780521695367 (pbk.)
  • 0521695368 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201/.44 22
LOC classification:
  • BF1611 .D83 2009
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BF1611 .D83 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001137966

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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