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The A to Z of Shamanism (Paperback)
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The A to Z of Shamanism (Paperback)
Series: The A to Z Guide Series
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Few religious traditions have generated such diversity and stirred
imaginations as shamanism. In their engagements with other worlds,
shamans have conversed with animals and ancestors and have been
empowered with the knowledge to heal patients, advise hunters, and
curse enemies. Still other shamans, aided by rhythmic music or
powerful plant helpers, undertake journeys into different realities
where their actions negotiate harmony between human and other than
human communities. Once relegated to paintings on cave walls, today
Shamanism can be seen in performances at rave clubs and
psychotherapeutic clinics. The A to Z of Shamanism has the duel
task of exploring the common ground of shamanic traditions and
evaluating the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities
and individual Western seekers. This is done in an introduction, a
bibliography, a chronology, and hundreds of cross-referenced
dictionary entries, which explore the consistent features of a
variety of shamans, the purposes shamanism serves, the function and
activities of the shaman, and the cultural contexts in which they
make sense.
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