Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy / Mircea Eliade ; translated from the French by Willard R. Trask ; with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger
1974, Second Edition. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #444218
ISBN: 0691017794
Physical description; xxix, 610 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; "Originally published in French as Le Chamanisme et les techniques archaïgues de l'extase by Librarie Payot, Paris, 1951. Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-569) and index. Contents; 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 -- Epilogue. Subjects; Shamanism. RELIGION / Spirituality. Ecstasy. Shamans. Eliade, Mircea [1907 - 1986]. Anthropology. Mythology. Religion.
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