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Shamans and Shamanism
by John Lee Maddox  Publisher Comments Compares the development of the shaman, or medicine man, among tribal societies. A go-between for man and the spirit world, the shaman explains and resolves issues surrounding misfortunes, bodily ailments, and death. In drawing from tribal societies...
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology)
by Mircea Eliade Publisher Comments 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...
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The Beauty of the Primitive: Shamanism and the Western Imagination
by Andrei A Znamenski Publisher Comments For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how Western intellectual and popular culture became so...
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Ancient Traditions: Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas
by Gary Seaman Publisher Comments Shamanism is the world's oldest religion. The rituals and beliefs of this ancient tradition were carried from Asia and Siberia into the New World by nomadic hunting bands beginning 12,000 years ago. This unique collection of essays on shamanism in...
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Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Fore
by Mark J Plotkin 
Publisher Comments For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves...
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The Quest for the Shaman
by Mira Aldhouse Green Publisher Comments An informative and entertaining exploring of shamanism and ritual behavior in ancient Europe. The authors draw on the most recent archaeological research to show that shamanism was endemic among ancient European peoples from the Stone Age to the early...
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Songs of the Shaman: The Ritual Chants of the Korean Mudang
by Boudewijn Walraven Publisher Comments The first book in the English language devoted to the study of Korean shaman songs, this book is essential reading for those with an interest in Korean shamanism, the literature and cultural history of Korea, and shamanism and oral literature in general....
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Alejandro Tsakimp: A Shuar Healer in the Margins of History (Fourth World Rising)
by Steven Rubenstein Publisher Comments In the heavily forested foothills of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, a Shuar healer named Alejandro Tsakimp leads many lives. He is a peasant who sells cattle and lumber, a member of the Shuar Federation, a son and a brother, a husband and a father, a...
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Aboriginal Men of High Degree: Initiation and Sorcery in the World's Oldest Tradition
by A P Elkin Publisher Comments ANTHROPOLOGY / RELIGIONThe first book to reveal the secret and sacred practices of Aboriginal shamans, Aboriginal Men of High Degreepresents an extraordinary series of rites by which the young Aboriginal male begins the degrees of shamanic initiation...
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Poets for the Millennium #2: Maria Sabina
by Maria Sabina Publisher Comments An anthology of works by or inspired by Maria Sabina, a Mazatec shaman and oral poet from Huautla de Jimenez in Oaxaca Mexico....
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Magic Witchcraft & Religion 5TH Edition
by Arthur C Lehmann Publisher Comments A comparative reader that takes an anthropological approach to the study of religious beliefs, both strange and familiar....
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Shamanism, History, and State : Nine Case Studies of Shamanic Practice in Widely Different Cultures (96 Edition)
by Nicholas Thomas Publisher Comments Nine case studies of shamanic practice in widely different cultures...
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Spirits Captured in Stone: Shamanism & Traditional Medicine among the Taman of Borneo
by Jay H. Bernstein Synopsis This work examines Shamanism and healing practices among the Taman of Borneo. It contributes to contemporary debates in cultural and medical anthropology, the anthopology of religion and magic, ritual, folklore, and Southeast Asian ethnography....
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Vision Quest a Personal Journey Through
by Nevill Drury Publisher Comments Shamanism is an innate human power that lies dormant within us all. Drury shows how to use visionary magic, guided imagery, and directed dreaming to achieve alternate states of consciousness....
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Shamanic Worlds: Rituals and Lore of Siberia and Central Asia
by Marjorie Man Balzer Publisher Comments North Castle Books are designed to bring the global variety of knowledge to a broader audience. Primarily aimed at the general reader through bookstore distribution, North Castle Books makes available, in handsomely bound paper editions, titles of...
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To square with Genesis :causal statements and shamanic ideas in Wayäapâi
by Alan Torma Campbell Book News Annotation The Wayapi Indians of northern Brazil's Amazonian rainforest, thought to be extinct until their the overwhelming forces of an expanding frontier. Campbell (social anthropology, Edinburgh U.) presents a vivid and compelling ethnography of these...
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Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Life (Study of the East Asian Institute)
by Laurel Kendall
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ectasy
by Mircea Eliade
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The Shaman: Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians (Religion and Spirituality)
by John A Grim
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Dancing Healers a Doctors Journey of Hea
by Carl A Hammerschlag
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