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Shamanism - A Reader (Hardcover)
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Shamanism - A Reader (Hardcover)
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Shamanism has been practised amongst communities all over the world
for millennia, and continues to survive today in both modern and
ancient forms. During its long evolution it has migrated from
Siberia, Aboriginal Australia, Northern Europe and South America to
become a core part of Western New Age and rave culture, as well as
popular mythology. It's place within modernity is at once familiar
and alien, exemplary and uneasy. So how does the fantastical image
of the shaman influence debates on identity, experience, nature,
rationality, the cosmos, transformation and change? This book
unites perspectives from disciplines including anthropology,
psychology, musicology and botany to provide an overview of modern
writing on shamanism. From grassroots political writing to
classical ethnographies, and imaginative narratives to detailed
case studies, the 25 articles and short extracts presented here
cover topics including gender, initiation, hallucinogenic
consciousness and political protest. Juxtaposing the traditional
practices of indigenous peoples with their new and often radically
urban reinterpretations, experts including Michael Harner. Majorie
M. Balzer and Piers Vitebsky raise qu
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