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Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstasy. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask.

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  • 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.
Subject:
Shamanism.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library BL 2370 .S5 E413 1964 267299 Stacks Reshelving -

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