Maya Cosmos
Author: David A. Freidel
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 543
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Maya Cosmos
Author: David Freidel
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Published: 1995-02-27
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780688140694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical to the mythological, and envokes the awesome power of one of the richest civilizations ever to grace the earth.
The Shaman's Secret
Author: Douglas Gillette
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsights into Maya religious symbolism ; based on recent archaeological findings and the most up-to-date decodings of Maya hieroglyphics.
Ix Chel Maya Queen of Heaven in the New World
Author: Douglas T. Peck
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2011-02-28
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1456850415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnd in this book Colonel Peck reveals the current view of Maya religion is also appallingly inaccurate. The sophisticated Maya religion, which closely followed the pattern of contemporary Eurasian religions, originated in ancient times with a matriarchal “Goddess of Creation” and evolved into a patriarchal “First Father” concept in the Classic period preceding Spanish conquest. Current historians have failed to recognize that fact because of the naïve belief that the writings of colonial period folklore, which picture Maya religious concepts as crude, primitive, and often grotesque fables, represented Maya religion rather than the true, sophisticated, and realistic religious concepts expressed in their prehistoric writing and art as documented in this book.
Historical Dictionary of Shamanism
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.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shamanism
Author: Gini Graham Scott
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780028643649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou’re no idiot, of course. You know that shamans are also known as medicine men and women, who use the power of the mind and call on spiritual helpers to heal the afflicted. However, this ancient art has been put to more modern uses, including problem solving, empowerment, and personal mastery. But you don’t have to trek through steamy Amazonian jungles or frigid Siberian tundra to become enlightened in the ways of shamanism! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Shamanism will show exactly how to discover your own shamanic power—and how that power will guide you in your everyday life! In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: --Shamanic history—from its origins in Paleolithic times to its spreading influence today. --Power animals—where to locate them and how they communicate with you. --How to take a shamanic journey—traveling through the Lower, Upper, and Middle Worlds, and exploring your past or future. --Shamanic healing techniques in use with modern medicine.
Shamans of the Lost World
Author: William F. Romain
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780759119055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShamans of the Lost World bridges the gap between recent work in the cognitive sciences and some of humankind's oldest religious expressions. In this detailed look at the prehistoric shamanism of the Ohio Hopewell, Romain uses cognitive science, archaeology, and ethnology to propose that the shamanic world view results from psychological mechanisms that have a basis in our cognitive evolutionary development. The discussions in this volume of the most current theories concerning how early peoples came to believe in spirits and gods, as well as how those theories help account for what we find in the archaeological record of the Hopewell, are of interest to archaeologists and cognitive scientists alike.
The Beauty of the Primitive
Author: Andrei A. Znamenski
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2007-07-12
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 0195172310
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Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings
Author: E.C. Krupp
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 1999-02-26
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 1620456052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the celestial myths and cosmic rituals of ancient priests and kings . . . Drawing on intimate knowledge of the more than 1,300 ancient sites he has visited, E. C. Krupp, acclaimed writer and preeminent researcher, takes you to the world's essential sacred places and celestial shrines. Join him on a rich narrative journey to see where the rulers of old communed with the gods of the sky. "Highly recommended to everyone interested in the culture of astronomy and those peoples who practiced it in their own ways."-Sky & Telescope "A lively account of the ways in which our ancestors conceived of and used the heavens."-New Scientist "There can be no doubt that this imaginative and readable work by a widely read and widely traveled author will strike a chord in the minds of a great many modern readers."-Isis "The fact that the book is written by an expert in his field comes through on every page, as does his enthusiasm for the subject."-Astronomy Now "Krupp's indispensable volume is fascinating, well-illustrated, and covers much territory."-Parabola
A Cosmos in Stone
Author: J. David Lewis-Williams
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780759101968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollected articles of the world's preeminent rock art researchers and cognitive archaeologists.
