An Introduction to Shamanism

By: Thomas A. Dubois

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Shamans are an integral part of communal religious traditions, professionals who make use of personal supernatural experiences, especially trance, as a resource for the wider community's physical and spiritual well-being.

This Introduction surveys research on the topic of shamanism around the world, detailing the archaeology and earliest development of shamanic traditions as well as their scientific 'discovery' in the context of eighteenth and nineteenth century colonisation in Siberia, the Americas, and Asia. It explores the beliefs and rituals typical of shamanic traditions, as well as the roles of shamans within their communities. It also surveys the variety of techniques used by shamans cross-culturally, including music, entheogens, material culture and verbal performance.

The final chapters examine attempts to suppress or eradicate shamanic traditions, the revitalisation of shamanism in post-colonial situations, and the development of new forms of shamanism within new cultural and social contexts.

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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).

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'... the book stands out overall as one of the best of its kind.' Robert Wallis, Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture

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Non-Fiction Mind, Body, Spirit Mysticism, Magic & Occult Interests Shamanism, Paganism & Druidry Religion & Beliefs Religion Other Non-Christian Religions

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Preface
Introductions
Shamanism and the issue of religion
A history of shamanic encounters
Shamanism in archaeological evidence
Shamanic Soteriology and Ritual
Cosmology and the work of the shaman
The call and initiation
Mediating the spirit world: shamanic roles and careers
Examining Ritual Effectiveness
S_ance, trance and the shamanic mind
Shamans, clients, and healing
The Shamanic Arsenal
Music and entheogens: pathways to ecstasy
The material culture of shamanism
Shamanic verbal art
Shamanic Politics in a Changing World
Shamanism under attack
Shamanic revitalizations
Neoshamanism
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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