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Wondrous Healing - Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion (Hardcover)
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Wondrous Healing - Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion (Hardcover)
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For thousands of years, spiritual questions have haunted the hearts
and minds of humankind. Do higher powers exist, and if so, what is
our relationship to them? And how else might we interpret seemingly
miraculous events such as faith healing, out-of-body experiences,
and extrasensory perceptions? Wondrous Healing traces the human
capacity for religious belief to the success of ancient healing
rituals, such as chanting to calm women in childbirth or rhythmic
dancing to reduce trauma from wounds. Those who accepted these
hypnotic suggestions were far more likely to receive positive
benefits from the "healing." The apparent success of such rituals,
McClenon argues, led to the development of shamanism, humankind's
first religion. Controversial and daring, McClenon's theory is
based on his extensive research and firsthand observation of modern
shamanistic performances across Asia and North America. His
evidence supports the argument that evolutionary processes
developed a biological basis for religion. McClenon's historical
and anthropological analyses of these issues explore the
relationship between science, society, and spirituality.
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