Becoming Half Hidden - Shamanism and Initiation Among the Inuit

First Published in 1993.This study seeks to analyze shamanism and initiation from the perspective of shamans, rather than from the laity's point of view. One of the aims of this research has been to get behind the shamans' language in order to understand their experiences.

List of contents

Chapter 1 A Study in Esoterica; Chapter 2 The Fiction of the Healed Healer; Chapter 3 The Ecstasies of Inuit Laity; Chapter 4 The Varieties of Ecstatic Seance; Chapter 5 The Pattern of Shamanic Initiations; Chapter 6 The Initiator's Role; Chapter 7 The Vision Quest; Chapter 8 The Journey to the Moon and the Sun; Chapter 9 Helping Spirits and Shamanic Power; Chapter 10 The Seances of Commencement;

Product details

• Authors: Dan Merkur, Daniel Merkur, Merkur Daniel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138964471
• ISBN: 978-1-138-96447-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; RELIGION / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature & literary studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies