Shamanism in North America

Shamanism in North America
Title Shamanism in North America PDF eBook
Author Norman Bancroft-Hunt
Publisher
Pages 240
Release 2002
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN

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Native Americans believed that it was their responsibility to maintain harmony in the natural world on which they depended by performing a variety of rituals. Shamans were credited with exceptional powers to act on behalf of the community. They claimed to be capable of separating their spirits from their bodies and interceding with those spirits that controlled the many forces of nature. Having studied the subject at first hand during his many visits to American tribes, Dr. Norman Bancroft Hunt sets out the richly rewarding results of his research in this survey of shamanic traditions and practices in various Native American groups. Shamanism in North America is profusely illustrated with the most remarkable masks, effigies, and implements used by shamans and includes evocative images of the often harsh wilderness inhabited by the tribes under discussion, as well as some revealing historical photographs of shamans.

Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism

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
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Entries identify leaders, shamans, and specific beliefs and practices of various tribes.

Shamans and Shamanism

Shamans and Shamanism
Title Shamans and Shamanism PDF eBook
Author Peter N Jones
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780982046715

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Shamanism... what is it? Is it a phenomenon with a clear definition or with a set of clearly definable attributes? Has the phenomenon changed over time, or are today's versions found in suburban basements the same as those that were practiced hundreds of years ago by various tribal people? What can we figure out about shamanism if we simply look at the term itself and how it has been employed over time? What if we restrict ourselves to one geographic location? These are some of the questions grappled with, and partially answered, in this book. By discussing the historical use of the terms shamanism and shaman in North America, Peter N. Jones offers fresh insights into the history of this phenomenon. Comparing current understandings and descriptions of the phenomenon with those of the historical and archival record, Shamans and Shamanism presents a comprehensive analysis of the terms use over time. Included in the book is a comprehensive bibliography of the term's use in North America. Shamans and Shamanism is an important resource for anyone interested in this phenomenon. It provides new insights into the history of the terms, their use in both academic and pop literature, and offers a starting point for future investigations of the phenomenon.

Twin from Another Tribe

Twin from Another Tribe
Title Twin from Another Tribe PDF eBook
Author Michael Ortiz Hill
Publisher Quest Books
Pages 244
Release 2007-01-01
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780835608527

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A gift to a world divided by race, this memoir is of two healers in the Bantu tradition-one in Africa, one in a U.S. hospital-who know themselves as spiritual twins. Merging Western medicine with shamanic practice, they offer a profound view of peacemaking that requires meeting "the other" as friend and teacher.

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America

Tobacco and Shamanism in South America
Title Tobacco and Shamanism in South America PDF eBook
Author Johannes Wilbert
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 324
Release 1987-01-01
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780300057904

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An ethnography of magic-religious, medicinal and recreational tobacco use among nearly 300 native South American societies. Wilbert found that South American Indians use tobacco in many ways and that a close functional relation exists between tobacco and shamanism.

Shamanic Healing and Ritual Drama

Shamanic Healing and Ritual Drama
Title Shamanic Healing and Ritual Drama PDF eBook
Author Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher Herder & Herder
Pages 0
Release 1997
Genre Indians
ISBN 9780824516642

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In this pioneering work one of the world's leading experts on Native American traditions offers a detailed survey of Native American practices and beliefs regarding health, medicine, and religion. In contrast to the sharp Euro-American division between medicine and religion, Native American medical beliefs and practices can only be assessed, says the author, in their relation to their religious ideas. Spanning the full length and breadth of Native North American cultural areas, from the Northeast to the Southwest, the Southeast to the Northwest, the book offers "thick" descriptions of traditional Native American medical and religious beliefs and practices, demonstrating that for Native Americans medicine and religion are two sides of the same coin: a coherent and holistic system in which supernaturalism acts as a motor in healing.

The Way of the Shaman

The Way of the Shaman
Title The Way of the Shaman PDF eBook
Author Michael Harner
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 210
Release 2011-07-26
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 0062038125

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This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a new introduction and a guide to current resources, anthropologist Michael Harner provides the definitive handbook on practical shamanism – what it is, where it came from, how you can participate. "Wonderful, fascinating… Harner really knows what he's talking about." CARLOS CASTANEDA "An intimate and practical guide to the art of shamanic healing and the technology of the sacred. Michael Harner is not just an anthropologist who has studied shamanism; he is an authentic white shaman." STANILAV GROF, author of 'The Adventure Of Self Discovery' "Harner has impeccable credentials, both as an academic and as a practising shaman. Without doubt (since the recent death of Mircea Eliade) the world's leading authority on shamanism." NEVILL DRURY, author of 'The Elements of Shamanism' Michael Harner, Ph.D., has practised shamanism and shamanic healing for more than a quarter of a century. He is the founder and director of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies in Norwalk, Connecticut.