Historical Dictionary Of Shamanism

Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442257989
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Shamanism written by Graham Harvey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 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 : Mariko Namba Walter
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shamanism written by Mariko Namba Walter and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by initiates. They detail the costumes, music, rituals, artifacts, and drugs that shamans use to achieve altered states of consciousness, communicate with spirits, travel in the spirit world, and retrieve souls. Unlike most Western books on shamanism, which focus narrowly on the individual's experience of healing and trance, Shamanism also examines the function of shamanism in society from social, political, and historical perspectives and identifies the ancient, continuous thread that connects shamanistic beliefs and rituals across cultures and millennia. Nearly 200 entries on shamanic belief systems, practices, rituals, and related phenomena 152 contributors including international experts and pioneering researchers in the field 100 photos, charts, and tables Multicultural bibliography of significant materials from the fields of history, ethnography, and anthropology

Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461731844
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Shamanism written by Graham Harvey and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Jean Michaud
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442272791
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif written by Jean Michaud and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwelling in the highland areas of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Southwest China, Taiwan, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Peninsular Malaysia are hundreds of “peoples”. Together their population adds up to 100 million, more than most of the countries they live in. Yet in each of these countries, they are regarded as minorities. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Peoples of the Southeast Asian Massif contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on about 300 groups, the ten countries they live in, their historical figures, and their salient political, economic, social, cultural and religious aspects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more.

Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810876000
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of Shamanism written by Graham Harvey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluates the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers.

Author : Ratka Relic
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527553914
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Esoteric Symbolism of Shamanic Trance and Altered States Phenomena written by Ratka Relic and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing 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 : Nevill Drury
Publisher : Element Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781862040380
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Shamanism written by Nevill Drury and published by Element Books, Limited. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief reference guide to what shamanism is and how to understand its cosmology.

Author : Angela Puca
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004694188
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Italian Witchcraft and Shamanism written by Angela Puca and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-04-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shamanism 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 : Michael York
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810848733
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements written by Michael York and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements examines various New Age concepts, spokespeople, and leaders; a range of human potential and self-help practices; countercultural spiritual developments; and different groups and organizations that identify themselves as New Age, without judging or categorizing them. More than 240 entries make this dictionary a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and serious academics."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Beatriz Caiuby Labate
Publisher : Oxford Ritual Studies
ISBN 13 : 0199341206
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon and Beyond written by Beatriz Caiuby Labate and published by Oxford Ritual Studies. This book was released on 2014 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beatriz 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.