Shamanism
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Shamanism

Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

  1. 643 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Shamanism

Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

About this book

The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperback

Shamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Mircea Eliade surveys the tradition through two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia—where shamanism was first observed—to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the shaman—at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism remains the reference book of choice for those interested in this practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword to the 2004 Edition
  7. Foreword
  8. Note on Orthography
  9. Half Title
  10. I. General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation
  11. II. Initiatory Sicknesses and Dreams
  12. III. Obtaining Shamanic Powers
  13. IV. Shamanic Initiation
  14. V. Symbolism of the Shaman’s Costume and Drum
  15. VI. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld
  16. VII. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magical Cures. The Shaman as Psychopomp
  17. VIII. Shamanism and Cosmology
  18. IX. Shamanism in North and South America
  19. X. Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism
  20. XI. Shamanic Ideologies and Techniques among the Indo-Europeans
  21. XII. Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East
  22. XIII. Parallel Myths, Symbols, and Rites
  23. XIV. Conclusions
  24. Epilogue
  25. List of Works Cited
  26. Index