Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity
Subtitle: A Cognitive Anthropological Perspective
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781498551892
Subjects: Shamanism; Spirits
Description: "H. Sidky examines shamanism as an ancient magico-religious, divinatory, medical, and psychotherapeutic tradition found in various parts of the world. Sidky uses first-hand ethnographic fieldwork and scientific theoretical work in archaeology, cognitive and evolutionary psychology, and neurotheology to explore the origins of shamanism, spirit beliefs, the evolution of human consciousness, and the origins of ritual behavior and religiosity."--