| Description |
xxiii, 610 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Bollingen series ; 76 |
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Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks
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Bollingen series ; 76.
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| Note |
Translation of Le chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'extase. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. |
| Language |
Translation of Le chamanisme et les techniques archaiques de l'extase. |
| Subject |
Shamanism.
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Shamanism. (OCoLC)fst01115159
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| ISBN |
0691098271 |
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9780691098272 |
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0691017794 (pbk.) |
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9780691017792 (pbk.) |
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