Title: Shamanism : an expanded view of reality /
Authors: Nicholson, Shirley J.
Publisher: Theosophical Pub. House,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Shamanism.; Spiritual life.
Contents: I The shaman's alternative reality -- The ancient wisdom in shamanic cultures / Michael Harner/Gary Doore -- Shamanism and cosmology / Mircea Eliade -- The presence of spirits in magic and madness / Richard Noll -- Crazy wisdom: the shaman as mediator of realities / Mary Schmidt -- Shamanism: an archaic and/or recent belief system / Mihaly Hoppal -- II Shamanic states of consciousness -- The shaman: master healer in the imaginary realm / Jeanne Achterberg -- Dreams and shamanism / Stanley Krippner -- Shamanism, esp, and the paranormal / D. Scott Rogo -- Rolling thunder at work / Jim Swan -- III Shamanic traditions -- The taming shamanism of Nepal / Larry G. Peters -- Shamanism in the Jewish tradition / Rabbi Yonassan Gershom -- The way of the adventurer / Serge King.