Shamanism : archaic techniques of ecstasy / Mircea Eliade ; translated form the French by Willard R. Trask ; with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger
- Bib ID:
- 3080679
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Eliade, Mircea, 1907-1986
- Uniform Title:
- Chamanisme et les techniques archaïques de l'extase. English
- Description:
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- Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004
- xxix, 610 p.; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0691119422
- Series:
- Bollingen series ; 76.
- Summary:
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"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) 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. In this authoritative survey, 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. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- I. General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation
- II. Initiatory Sicknesses and Dreams
- III. Obtaining Shamanic Powers
- IV. Shamanic Initiation
- V. Symbolism of the Shaman's Costume and Drum
- VI. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld
- VII. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magical Cures. The Shaman as Psychopomp
- VIII. Shamanism and Cosmology
- IX. Shamanism in North and South America
- X. Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism
- XI. Shamanic Ideologies and Techniques among the Indo-Europeans
- XII. Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East
- XIII. Parallel Myths, Symbols, and Rites
- XIV. Conclusions
- The Formation of North Asian Shamanism.
- Notes:
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- Originally published: 1964.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Shamanism
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2056 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1986
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1964
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