Shamanism
Subtitle: a cross-cultural study of beliefs and practices
By: Gary Edson.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780786434091
Subjects: Shamanism
Description: "This book provides an in-depth look at the beliefs and practices centered on the shaman, a person believed to have powers to heal and communicate with the spirit world. The work features more than 90 of the author's drawings of masks, fetishes, carvings and ongon, and 40 rare photographs of shamans, medicine men and women and healers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spiritual exaltation; title: Shamanism and belief; title: Shamanistic power and magic; title: Shamanistic symbolism; title: Shamanism and imaginative representation; title: Shamanic ritual and transformation; title: Shamanic divination and curing; title: Spirits, dreams, and ecstasy; title: Transformation and shape-shifting; title: Life, death, and sacrifice; title: Transcendental shamanism.