An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1
Title | An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Pratt |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781404210400 |
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2
Title | An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Pratt |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781404211414 |
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
Shamanism [2 volumes]
Title | Shamanism [2 volumes] PDF eBook |
Author | Mariko Namba Walter |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 1088 |
Release | 2004-12-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1576076466 |
A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by initiates. They detail the costumes, music, rituals, artifacts, and drugs that shamans use to achieve altered states of consciousness, communicate with spirits, travel in the spirit world, and retrieve souls. Unlike most Western books on shamanism, which focus narrowly on the individual's experience of healing and trance, Shamanism also examines the function of shamanism in society from social, political, and historical perspectives and identifies the ancient, continuous thread that connects shamanistic beliefs and rituals across cultures and millennia.
Shamanism
Title | Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | Mariko Namba Walter |
Publisher | ABC-CLIO |
Pages | 568 |
Release | 2004-12-15 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN |
A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by initiates. They detail the costumes, music, rituals, artifacts, and drugs that shamans use to achieve altered states of consciousness, communicate with spirits, travel in the spirit world, and retrieve souls. Unlike most Western books on shamanism, which focus narrowly on the individual's experience of healing and trance, Shamanism also examines the function of shamanism in society from social, political, and historical perspectives and identifies the ancient, continuous thread that connects shamanistic beliefs and rituals across cultures and millennia. Nearly 200 entries on shamanic belief systems, practices, rituals, and related phenomena 152 contributors including international experts and pioneering researchers in the field 100 photos, charts, and tables Multicultural bibliography of significant materials from the fields of history, ethnography, and anthropology
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1
Title | An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Pratt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism
Title | An Encyclopedia of Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 615 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Shamanism |
ISBN | 9781404211421 |
Provides a cross-cultural overview of shamanism. Includes short essays on general themes as well as entries that focus on cultural groups and practices found in various geographical regions, both historically and presently.
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism
Title | Historical Dictionary of Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Harvey |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 394 |
Release | 2015-12-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1442257989 |
A remarkable array of people have been called shamans, while the phenomena identified as shamanism continues to proliferate. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Shamanism contains with examples from antiquity up to today, and from Siberia (where the term “shaman” originated) to Amazonia, South Africa, Chicago and many other places. Many claims about shamans and shamanism are contentious and all are worthy of discussion. In the most widespread understandings, terms seem to refer particularly to people who alter states of consciousness or enter trances in order to seek knowledge and help from powerful other-than-human persons, perhaps “spirits”. But this says only a little about the artists, community leaders, spiritual healers or hucksters, travelers in alternative realities and so on to which the label “shaman” has been applied. This second edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and extensive bibliography. The dictionary contains over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individuals, groups, practices and cultures that have been called “shamanic”. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Shamanism.