Full name: Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

Author: Mircea Eliade Year: 1951 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780691119427 0691119422

First published in 1951, "Shamanism" soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious & fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian emigre--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-86) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two & a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia & Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North & South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China & beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician & medicine man, healer & miracle-doer, priest, mystic & poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology & ethnology, "Shamanism" will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice. Similar books: Shamanism by Piers Vitebsky The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shamanism by Gini Graham Scott Fire in the Head by Tom Cowan Images and Symbols by Mircea Eliade The Paradigm by Jonathan Cahn The Fisherman's Tomb by John O'Neill No god but God by Reza Aslan The Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton 1453 by Roger Crowley Caesar and Christ by Will Durant The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson Servants of Allah by Sylviane A. Diouf Myths and Legends by Philip Wilkinson The Wonder That Was India by A. L. Basham Biblical Literacy by Joseph Telushkin Norse Mythology by John Lindow The Rebirth of Witchcraft by Doreen Valiente Memories of Muhammad by Omid Safi The First 2,000 Years by W. Cleon Skousen