Shamanism

Shamanism Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

Mircea Eliade2004
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. 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.
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Joseph Aleo@josephaleo
4 stars
Sep 23, 2021