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Shamanism
Mariko Namba Walter (Ed.)
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Description for Shamanism
Hardcover. Editor(s): Walter, Mariko Namba; Fridman, Eva Jane Neumann. Num Pages: 1055 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 69. Weight in Grams: 2295.
A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by ... Read more
A guide to worldwide shamanism and shamanistic practices, emphasizing historical and current cultural adaptations. This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices. What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
ABC-CLIO Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1055
Condition
New
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781576076453
SKU
V9781576076453
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About Mariko Namba Walter (Ed.)
Mariko Namba Walter is a visiting professor at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, and teaches on shamanism and Asian religions. Eva Jane Neumann Fridman is a practicing psychotherapist and anthropologist and teaches on shamanism at Brown University, Providence, RI.
Reviews for Shamanism
More than a reference tool, this is a useful compendium on a topic that has been fairly inaccessible, especially to nonscholars . . . Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries where there is interest in the topic.
Library Journal
The quality of the resource is obvious . . . recommended highly for academic libraries.
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Library Journal
The quality of the resource is obvious . . . recommended highly for academic libraries.
American Reference ... Read more