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9780203417577

Shamans/neo-Shamans : Ecstasy, Alternative Archaeologies, and Contemporary Pagans

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    9780203417577

  • ISBN10:

    0203417577

  • Copyright: 2003-09-01
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Summary

Robert J. Wallis explores the interface between the 'new' and prehistoric shamans of popular culture and anthropology, drawing on interviews with a variety of practitioners, particularly contemporary pagans in Britain and north America.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction A Native at Home: Producing Ethnographic Fragments of Neo-Shamanisms
'White-Shamans': Sources for Neo-Shamans
Plastic Medicine Men? Appraising the 'Great Pretenders'
Taliesin's Trip, Wyrd Woden: Druid and Heathen Neo-Shamans
'Celtic' and 'Northern' Shamanisms? Contesting the Past
'Sacred' Sites? Neo-Shamans and Prehistoric Heritage
Waking Neolithic Ancestors: Further Controversies and 'Reburial'
Invading Anthros, Thieving Archos, Wannabe Indians: Academics, Neo-Shamans and Indigenous Communities
Conclusion: Neo-Shamans in Post-modernity
Appendix
Resolution of the 5th Annual Meeting of the Tradition Elders Circle & AIM Resolution
References
Index
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