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Shamanism

Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

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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. 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.

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Shamanism, Mircea Eliade, Wendy Doniger

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2004
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Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
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English
Released
2004
Format
Paperback
Pages
648
ISBN10
0691119422
ISBN13
9780691119427
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First published
1951
Original title
Le Chamanisme et les techniques archaïques de ľextase
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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. 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.