Introduction to Shamanism

Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. DuBois is the Birgit Baldwin Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he teaches in the fields of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore Studies and Religious Studies. He is author and editor of five books including Nordic Religions in the Viking Age (1999) and Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia (2008). Klappentext This Introduction surveys the beliefs! rituals and techniques found in shamanic traditions around the world. Zusammenfassung Shamans are professionals who make use of personal supernatural experiences as a resource for the wider community's physical and spiritual well-being. This book introduces the beliefs and rituals typical of shamanic traditions around the world and the techniques used by shamans including music! entheogens! material culture and verbal performance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Introductions: 1. Shamanism and the issue of religion; 2. A history of shamanic encounters; 3. Shamanism in archaeological evidence; Part II. Shamanic Soteriology and Ritual: 4. Cosmology and the work of the shaman; 5. The call and initiation; 6. Mediating the spirit world: shamanic roles and careers; Part III. Examining Ritual Effectiveness: 7. Séance, trance and the shamanic mind; 8. Shamans, clients, and healing; Part IV. The Shamanic Arsenal: 9. Music and entheogens: pathways to ecstasy; 10. The material culture of shamanism; 11. Shamanic verbal art; Part V. Shamanic Politics in a Changing World: 12. Shamanism under attack; 13. Shamanic revitalizations; 14. Neoshamanism; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas A. DuBois, Thomas A. (University of Wisconsin Dubois, DuBois Thomas A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521873536
• ISBN: 978-0-521-87353-6
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Introduction to Religion; Introduction to Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, Alternative belief systems, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs, Further religions and spiritual beliefs,