Shamanism by Piers Vitebsky

Shamanism by Piers Vitebsky

››› Download audio book for free. ‹‹‹ Original Title: Shamanism ISBN: 0806133287 ISBN13: 9780806133287 Autor: Piers Vitebsky Rating: 4.2 of 5 stars (2294) counts Original Format: Paperback, 184 pages Download Format: PDF, FB2, MOBI, MP3. Published: March 15th 2001 / by University of Oklahoma Press / (first published 1995) Language: English Genre(s): Spirituality- 7 users Nonfiction- 7 users Anthropology- 6 users History- 3 users Religion- 3 users Religion >Paganism- 2 users Reference- 2 users

Description: The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine. Shamanism, a richly illustrated guide, looks at both historic and present-day manifestations, from the snowscaps of Siberia to the jungles of the Amazon. The book discusses visions, initiation rites, shamanic chants, shamanism and mental health, the shamanic use of plants, and the political and social background to the shaman’s work. Also covered are the links between the shaman’s sense of unity in nature and the recent growth of ecological consciousness in Western societies. * Includes more than 250 color illustrations that present a unique pictorial record of shamanism in practice and as represented in art and artifacts * Includes a detailed region-by-region survey of shamanism with full-color maps * Explores both spiritual and psychological aspects of the subject, as well as the relevance of shamanism to contemporary Western culture

About Author: Piers Vitebsky is an anthropologist and is the Head of Social Science at the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England.

Other Editions:

- The Shaman: Voyages of the Soul: Trance, Ecstasy and Healing from Siberia to the Amazon (Paperback)

- The Shaman (Paperback)

- The Shaman (Paperback)

- Los Chamanes. El viaje del alma. Fuerzas y poderes mágicos. Extásis y curación (Perfect Paperback)

- De Sjamaan (Hardcover)

Books By Author:

- The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia

- Secrets Of The Shaman (Living Wisdom)

- The Saami Of Lapland (Threatened Cultures)

- Dialogues with the Dead: The Discussion of Mortality Among the Sora of Eastern India

- New Shamans

Books In The Series: Related Books On Our Site:

- Kindness, Clarity, and Insight

- Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture

- After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order

- In the Hands of the Great Spirit: The 20,000-Year History of American Indians

- Voodoo in Haiti

- Children on the Oregon Trail

- The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales

- Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon

- Rasmus, Pontus und der Schwertschlucker

- Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter

- The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology

- Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest

- The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery

- Persecución

- On Nature and Language

- Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Rain Forest

- Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island

- Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West: 1846--1890

Rewiews:

Jan 11, 2017 Jimmy Rated it: really liked it Shelves: mythology The description of this book on Goodreads is way off the mark, and, apparently, is meant for another book altogether. If anyone can solve this mystery, please let me know. The Piers Vitebsky book I am holding in my hand is about shamans, not about some Lebanese story. An entertaining view of shamans around the world. 10 likes 4 comments