Shamanic Worlds
Subtitle: Rituals and Lore of Siberia and Central Asia (North Castle Books)
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: December 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781563249730
Subjects: Ethnic or tribal religions; Indigenous peoples; Spirituality; Siberia; General; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Spiritual Healing; Archaeology / Anthropology; Shamanism; Religion; Central Asia; Russia; Anthropology - General; Comparative Religion; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Folklore; Rites and ceremonies; Russia (Federation)
Description: The ancient heartland of shamanism is no longer forbidden territory - to travelers or to the spirits. But the spirits never left the vastnesses of Siberia and Central Asia, as these writings reveal. Russian and native experts, and an American cultural anthropologist who has done fieldwork in the region, introduce us to shamans as the poets, therapists, healers, and even leaders of their communities.

Among the special features of this collection are remarkable transcriptions of shamanic exhortations and a pathbreaking study of shamanic tales and rituals.