Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing
• Provides a crosscultural and biological perspective on the nature of shamanism• Develops biological models to explain shamanic universals• Presents an evolutionary model of shamanic practices• Provides a general foundation for understanding the biological bases of religion and illustrates why shamanism is central to explaining humanity's religious impulses• Written by an internationally recognized scholar on shamanism• Illustrates evidence of ancient shamanic practices• A bibliography provides current and historical sources on shamanism"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty."-Choice