TY  - BOOK
AU  - DuBois,Thomas A.
TI  - An introduction to shamanism
SN  - 9780521873536 (hardback)
AV  - BF1611 .D83 2009
U1  - 201/.44 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Shamanism
N1  - 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
ER  -