Margaret Stutley

Shamanism

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Shamanism" traces the history, ideology and rites of the shamans' fascinating belief-system in its many global manifestations. Looking at the forms and functions of shamanic practices from Siberia to China and beyond, it provides an authoritative and accessible guide to some of the most notorious and most frequently misrepresented aspects of shamanism. Answers questions such as how shamans' dual souls roam the world of the dead in search of lost souls and why the Yukaghir people wear "grandfather" amulets made of the flesh and bones of dead relatives. Placing particular emphasis on the climatic, geographic, and cultural pressures under which shamanic traditions arose, "Shaminism" summarizes and clearly explains the logic of a faith whose fantastical elements have a special place in popular imagination.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780415273176
• ISBN-10: 041527317X
• Artikelnr.: 22462416

Autorenporträt

Margaret Stutley is an expert on world religions and folk tradition, and the author of several books including Hinduism (Crucible 1989), Ancient Indian Magic and Folklore (Motilal Banarsidass, 2000) and An Introduction to Magical Elements in the Bible (Weavers Press, 1991).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Male and Female Shamans 3.The Shaman's Costume 4.
Shamans' Paraphernalia 5. Trance, Ecstacy and Possession 6. Deites and
Spirits 7. Divination 8. Healing 9. Shamans and Smiths; 10. Soul; 11.
Ancestor Cults 12. Death and Funeral Rites 13. Were-animals Bibliography
Index