Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge
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- Synopsis
- This collection of essays traces Western civilization's struggle to interpret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women-individuals with the power to summon spirits. These writings by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians, and anthropologists express the wonder of strangers in new worlds. Who were these extraordinary people, men who imitated the sounds of animals in the night, or drank tobacco juice through funnels, or wore collars filled with stinging ants?Shamans Through Time is a rare chronicle of changing attitudes toward that which is strange and unfamiliar. With essays by such acclaimed thinkers as Claude LÉvi-Strauss, Black Elk, Carlos Castaneda, and Franz Boas, it provides an awesome glimpse into the incredible shamanic practices of cultures around the world.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 323 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781585420919
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 11/07/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Kent Stein
- Proofread By:
- Hannah Zareyna
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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