Thomas A. DuBois

Broschiertes Buch

An Introduction to Shamanism

Beschreibung

Shamans are professionals who make use of personal supernatural experiences as a resource for the wider community's physical and spiritual well-being. This book introduces the beliefs and rituals typical of shamanic traditions around the world and the techniques used by shamans including music, entheogens, material culture and verbal performance.

Autor

Thomas A. DuBois is the Birgit Baldwin Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he teaches in the fields of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore Studies and Religious Studies. He is author and editor of five books including Nordic Religions in the Viking Age (1999) and Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (2008).

Produktdetails

• Introduction to Religion
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780521695367
• ISBN-10: 0521695368
• Artikelnr.: 25902468