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Author: Graham Harvey
Publisher: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781442257979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining a chronology, an introduction and an extensive bibliography, this dictionary has over 500 cross-referenced entries on individuals, groups, practices, and cultures that have been called "shamanic."
Author: Graham Harvey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-12-15
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1442257989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
Author: James Endredy
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 073871562X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHealers and visionaries, food-finders and rainmakers--as intermediaries between the physical and spirit worlds, shamans have served a vital role in indigenous cultures for more than 40,000 years. The timeless wisdom of the shaman also holds relevance for the challenges we face today. James Endredy explores shamanic paths from around the globe and discusses the tools, rituals, and beliefs that are common to most traditions. You'll discover how shamans are chosen and initiated, and how they establish a relationship with power animals, ancestors, and other inhabitants of the spirit realm. Along with many stories from his own experiences, Endredy shares insights from other scholars in the field, including Mircea Eliade, Michael Harner, and Holger Kalweit, and from indigenous shamans throughout history. Shamanism for Beginners concludes with a thoughtful, empowering look at how shamanic practices can help restore balance and peace to our lives and the earth.
Author: Graham Harvey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2010-04
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 0810876000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluates the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers.
Author: Nevill Drury
Publisher: Element Books, Limited
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781862040380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA brief reference guide to what shamanism is and how to understand its cosmology.
Author: Ratka Relic
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2020-06-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 1527553914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBringing together extensive research on psychology, psychophysiology and phenomenology of the shamanic trance and altered states of consciousness, this book represents a cross-cultural approach to the study of shamanism. It discusses Buryat shamanism in Siberia in comparison with Buddhist and Hindu Yogic techniques, as well as other esoteric traditions. The phenomenon of the shamanic trance is here investigated from the esoteric point of view as a form of mystical or religious experience. The book explores the inner feelings and psychic states of the shaman during the trance, describing the inner psychic processes and referring to the systems of chakras and subtle channels in shamanism and classical Buddhist and Hindu yoga, as well as other cultural traditions. In addition to its adoption of psychoanalytic and transpersonal approaches, it also uses phenomenological methods in its investigation, representing works from scholars in Oriental studies, as they provide deeper insight into the research of shamanism and mystical experiences.
Author: Angela Puca
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2024-04-11
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9004694188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShamanism is thriving as an exotic import and a hidden native tradition in Italy today. This ethnographical work uncovers two faces of Italian shamanism. The first is trans-cultural shamans who creatively adapt rituals and beliefs from indigenous cultures worldwide. Second, extensive fieldwork shows how regional folk magic practices of segnatoriand segnatrici constitute a little-known but enduring form of native Italian shamanism. By documenting these parallel worlds, contemporary magic workers appear to be the heirs of ancient local healing traditions. Offering rare insights into vernacular religion, this book vividly portrays shamans' past and present on the Italian peninsula.
Author: Beatriz Caiuby Labate
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 0199341206
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeatriz Caiuby Labate and Clancy Cavnar offer an in-depth exploration of the spread of indigenous shamanic rituals of the Amazon to Western societies, looking at how indigenous, mestizo, and cosmopolitan cultures have engaged with and transformed these forest traditions. The authors focus on the use of ayahuasca, a psychoactive drink essential in many indigenous shamanic rituals.
Author: H. Sidky
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-06-21
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1498551904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity, H. Sidky examines shamanism as an ancient magico-religious, divinatory, medical, and psychotherapeutic tradition found in various parts of the world. Sidky uses first-hand ethnographic fieldwork and scientific theoretical work in archaeology, cognitive and evolutionary psychology, and neurotheology to explore the origins of shamanism, spirit beliefs, the evolution of human consciousness, and the origins of ritual behavior and religiosity.
Author: Mongush Borakhovich Kenin-Lopsan
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 210
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