Shamans through time
Subtitle: 500 years on the path to knowledge
By: edited by Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley.
Contributors: Narby, Jeremy.; Huxley, Francis.
Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Shamans; Shamanism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-317) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Christian view : "ministers of the Devil"; title: The humanist view becomes rationalist : from "esteemed jugglers" to "impostors"; title: Enter anthropologists; title: The understanding deepens; title: The observers take part; title: Gathering evidence on a multifaceted phenomenon; title: Global knowledge and indigenous knowledge come together and remain apart.