Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy
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Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy
（Bollingen series, 76）（Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks）（Mythos）
Princeton University Press, 2004, c1992
2nd pbk. ed
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Le chamanisme et les techniques archaïques de l'extase
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Originally published: Paris : Payot, 1951
First Princeton/Bollingen paperback ed., 1972
Bibliography: p. 518-569
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian emigre--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over 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 will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice.
Table of Contents
Forward to the 2004 Edition xi Foreward xvii Note on Othography xxix CHAPTER 1: General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation 3 CHAPTER 2: Initiatory Sickness and Dreams 33 CHAPTER 3: Obtaining Shamanic Powers 67 CHAPTER 4: Shamanic Initiation 110 CHAPTER 5: Symbolism of the Shaman's Costume and Drum 145 CHAPTER 6: Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld 181 CHAPTER 7: Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magial Cures. The Shaman as Psychopomp 215 CHAPTER 8: Shamanism and Cosmology 259 CHAPTER 9: Shamanism in North and South America 288 CHAPTER 10: Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism 337 CHAPTER 11: Shamanic Ideologies and Techniques among the Indo-Europeans 375 CHAPTER 12: Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East 428 CGAPTER 13: Parallel Myths, Symbols, and Rites 466 CHAPTER 14: Conclusion 495 Epilogue 508 List of Works Cited 513 Index 571
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