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 | 318 |
Release | 2007-08-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781404210417 |
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 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
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.
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
Secrets of Shamanism
Title | Secrets of Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | Jose Stevens |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1988-08-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0380756072 |
For untold centuries, the shaman was the tribe′s most revered and respected member, possessing the unique ability to tap into the universal source of wisdom by journeying deep within the self -- seeking, and finding, answers to pressing questions, achieving profound understanding by avoiding the stumbling blocks of the outer material world. Developing techniques for communicating with the innermost world of the spirit can be a valuable boon in these modern times with their contemporary problems and concerns. Through a series of easy-to-follow exercises, lessons, and rituals, psychologist Jose Stevens and wife, Lena, can show you how to identify your inner spiritual guides -- and how, through a unique and powerful communication with them, you can achieve undreamed-of professional success, psychological enlightenment, and personal fulfillment ... and completely change the way you live your life.
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism
Title | Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | William S. Lyon (Ph. D.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Indians |
ISBN |
Entries identify leaders, shamans, and specific beliefs and practices of various tribes.
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.