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Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask.
Record details
- ISBN: 0691098271
- ISBN: 9780691098272
- ISBN: 0691017794
- ISBN: 9780691017792
- Physical Description: xxiii, 610 pages 22 cm.
- Publisher: [Princeton, N.J.] Princeton University Press [1972, c1964]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Translation of Le chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'extase.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-569).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- General considerations. Recruiting methods. Shamanism and mystical vocation -- Initiatory sicknesses and dreams -- Obtaining shamanic powers -- Shamanic initiation -- Symbolism of the shaman's costume and drum -- Shamanism in central and north Asia: I. Celestial ascents. Descents to the underworld -- Shamanism in central and north Asia: II. Magical cures. The shaman as psychopomp -- Shamanism and cosmology -- Shamanism in North and South America -- Southeast Asian and Oceanian shamanism -- Shamanic ideologies and techniques among the Indo-Europeans -- Shamanic symbolisms and techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East -- Parallel myths, symbols, and rites -- Conclusions.
- Language Note:
- Translation of Le chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'extase.
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- Shamanism.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | BL 2370 .S5 E413 1964 | 267299 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
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- Publisher description
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The Tibetan book of the great liberation; or, The method of realizing nirvana through knowing the mind, preceded by an epitome of Padma-Sambhava's biography and followed by Guru Phadampa Sangay's teachings. According to English renderings by Sardar Bahädur S.W. Laden La and by the Lāmas Karma Sumdhon Paul, Lobzang Mingyur Dorje, and Kazi Dawa-Samdup.
Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (Walter Yeeling), 1878-1965,