The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America
Title | The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Benedict |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Indian mythology |
ISBN |
The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America
Title | The Concept of the Guardian Spirit in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Benedict |
Publisher | Corinthian Press |
Pages | 578 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Indian mythology |
ISBN |
The Religions of the American Indians
Title | The Religions of the American Indians PDF eBook |
Author | Åke Hultkrantz |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520042391 |
Comprehensive survey of American Indian religion and Tribal religions.
The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
Title | The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History PDF eBook |
Author | Wilma Mankiller |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 724 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780618001828 |
Covers issues and events in women's history that were previously unpublished, misplaced, or forgotten, and provides new perspectives on each event.
History of Anthropological Thought
Title | History of Anthropological Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Vijay S. Upadhyay |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9788170224921 |
Historia Religionum
Title | Historia Religionum PDF eBook |
Author | Claas Jouco Bleeker |
Publisher | Brill Archive |
Pages | 732 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Shamanism
Title | Shamanism PDF eBook |
Author | Andrei A. Znamenski |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 2004-03-11 |
Genre | Shamanism |
ISBN | 9780415311922 |
Mircea Eliade descibed shamanism as the primal religion of humanity, the 'archaic technique of ecstasy'. The books of best-selling author Carlos Castaneda made it part of popular culture. Since the 1960s shamanism has continued to attract the attention of scholars, artists, writers and the general public. The most intriguing aspect of this religion is the ability of shamans to enter into contact with spirits on behalf of their communities. The first eighteenth-century explorers of Siberia dubbed shamanism a blatant fraud. Later, academic observers stamped it as 'neurotic delusion'. In the 1960s shamans were recast as 'wounded healers', who sacrifice their lives for the spiritual well being of their communities. Many current writers and scholars treat shamanism as ancient wisdom that has much to teach us about true spirituality. This anthology tells the story of shamanism in Eurasia, North and South America, Africa and Australia. It brings together for the first time fifty-six articles and book excerpts by anthropologists, psychologists, religious scholars and historians, illustrating the variety of views on this subject.