An introduction to shamanism
By: Thomas A. DuBois.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780521873536; 9780521695367
Subjects: Shamanism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introductions; title: Shamanism and the issue of religion; title: A history of shamanic encounters; title: Shamanism in archaeological evidence; title: Shamanic soteriology and ritual; title: Cosmology and the work of the shaman; title: The call and initiation; title: Mediating the spirit world : shamanic roles and careers; title: Examining ritual effectiveness; title: Seance, trance, and the shamanic mind; title: Shamans, clients, and healing; title: The shamanic arsenal; title: Music and entheogens : pathways to ecstasy; title: The material culture of shamanism; title: Shamanic verbal art; title: Shamanic politics in a changing world; title: Shamanism under attack; title: Shamanic revitalizations; title: Neoshamanism.