by Alby Stone
Published by Explore Books
Description
Shamanism is a complex and confusing subject. There are many different
ideas about what shamanism is, who is a shaman, and what a shaman does.
Explore Shamanism provides a much-needed up-to-date guide to the study
of shamanism.
Focusing mainly on the shamans of Siberia and Central Asia, Explore Shamanism
includes a historical survey of academic approaches to shamanism, an overview
of the various theories about shamanism, and a discussion of the origins
of shamanism based on the latest ideas. There are also more detailed explorations
of the initiation of shamans; the costumes, drums and other tools of the
shaman's trade; journeys to the spirit world; and the place of trance,
spirit possession and ecstasy in shamanic performance.
Explore Shamanism also surveys revived and reconstructed shamanisms in
the world today.
Alby Stone has been studying and writing about shamanism for twenty years.
This is his sixth work published by Heart of Albion Press.
Published by Explore Books, an imprint of Heart of Albion Press.
ISBN 1 872883 68 0. October 2003.
Demi 8vo (215 x 138 mm), 184 + x pages, 2 photographs; 17 line drawings,
paperback
£9.95
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