Shamans : Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination.
With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination Ronald Hutton looks at what is really known abou...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2007.
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| ISBN: | 9780826446374 082644637X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: WHY WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT SHAMANS; 1 The Creation of Siberia; 2 The Creation of Siberians; 3 The Transformation of Siberians; 4 The Records of Shamanism; PART TWO: WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT SHAMANS; 5 What Shamans Did; 6 Shamanic Cosmologies; 7 Shamanic Apprenticeship and Equipment; 8 Shamanic Performance; 9 Knots and Loose Ends; PART THREE: SIBERIA IN THE SHAMANIC WORLD; 10 The Discovery of a Shamanic World; 11 The Discovery of a Shamanic Past; 12 The Discovery of a Shamanic Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M.
- NO; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.