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9781577661627

Shamans and Religion

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  • ISBN13:

    9781577661627

  • ISBN10:

    1577661621

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(6)
Real Shamans
7(14)
Siberian Shamans, Then and Now
14(2)
Siberian History and Shamans
16(5)
Understanding Religion from an Anthropological Perspective
21(16)
An Anthropological Perspective on Religion
21(4)
``Religion'' from a Non-Western Perspective
25(2)
An Anthropological View of Shamans
27(2)
New Age Religions from an Anthropological View
29(5)
Summary: What--in this context--is Religion?
34(3)
The Idea of the Shaman
37(10)
Armchair Scholars versus Field Researchers
40(7)
Religion or Genes?
47(10)
Shamans Everywhere?
57(14)
Trance and Mysticism
58(2)
Healing with Spirits
60(2)
The King's Touch
62(2)
Use of Drugs
64(2)
Circumboreal (Northern Forests) Elements
66(2)
Charisma
68(1)
The Particular and the General
69(2)
Shaman Painters?
71(10)
Territorial Markers
75(2)
Cave Art
77(2)
Overview
79(2)
Selling ``Shamanic Journeys''
81(10)
Michael Harner's ``Way of the Shaman''
82(3)
Neo-shamanism
85(3)
The Problem with Selling Non-Western Spirituality
88(3)
Deafening Silence
91(12)
Civilization and Its Other
93(5)
Finding Healing
98(2)
Conclusion
100(3)
Sources 103(2)
References 105(8)
Additional Readings 113(4)
Index 117

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