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Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

Mircea Eliade(Autor*in)

Princeton University Press

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Erschienen am 9. Januar 2024

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword to the 2004 Edition
Foreword
Note on Orthography
I. General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation
Approaches
The Bestowal of Shamanic Powers
Recruiting of Shamans in Western and Central Siberia
Recruiting among the Tungus
Recruiting among the Buryat and'the Altaians
Hereditary Transmission and Quest in Obtaining Shamanic Powers
Shamanism and Psychopathology
II. Initiatory Sicknesses and Dreams
Sickness-Initiation
Initiatory Ecstasies and Visions of the Yakut Shamans
Initiatory Dreams of the Samoyed Shamans
Initiation among the Tungus, the Buryat, and Others
Initiation of Australian Magicians
Australian - Siberian - South American and Other Parallels
Initiatory Dismemberment in North and South America, Africa, and Indonesia
Initiation of Eskimo Shamans
Contemplating One's Own Skeleton
Tribal Initiations and Secret Societies
III. Obtaining Shamanic Powers
Siberian Myths concerning the Origin of Shamans
Shamanic Election among the Goldi and the Yakut
Election among the Buryat and the Teleut
The Shaman's Female Tutelary Spirits
Role of the Souls of the Dead
Seeing the Spirits,
The Helping Spirits
Secret Language - "Animal Language
The Quest for Shamanic Powers in North America
IV. Shamanic Initiation
Initiation among the Tungus and the Manchu
Yakut, Samoyed, and Ostyak Initiations
Buryat Initiation
Initiation of the Araucanian Shamaness
Ritual Tree Climbing
Celestial Journey of the Carib Shaman
Ascent by the Rainbow
Australian Initiations
Other Forms of the Rite of Ascent
V. Symbolism of the Shaman's Costume and Drum
Preliminary Remarks
The Siberian Costume
The Buryat Costume
The Altaic Costume
The Shaman's Mirrors and Caps
Ornithological Symbolism
Symbolism of the Skeleton
Rebirth from the Bones
Shamanic Masks
The Shamanic Drum
Ritual Costumes and Magical Drums throughout the World
VI. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld
The Shaman's Functions
Black and "White" Shamans. "Dualistic" Mythologies
Horse Sacrifice and the Shaman's Ascent to the Sky (Altaic)
Bai Ülgä n and the Altaic Shaman
Descent to the Underworld (Altaic)
The Shaman as Psychopomp (Altaians, Goldi, Yurak)
VII. Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magical Cures. The Shaman as Psychopomp
Summoning and Searching for the Soul: Tatars, Buryat, Kazak-Kirgiz
The Shamanic Sèance among the Ugrians and Lapps
Sèances among the Ostyak, the Yurak, and the Samoyed
Shamanism among the Yakut and the Dolgan
Shamanic Sèances among the Tungus and the Orochi
Yukagir Shamanism
Religion and Shamanism among the Koryak
Shamanism among the Chukchee,
VIII. Shamanism and Cosmology
The Three Cosmic Zones and the World Pillar
The Cosmic Mountain
The World Tree
The Mystical Numbers 7 and 9
Shamanism and Cosmology in the Oceanian Region
IX. Shamanism in North and South America
Shamanism among the Eskimo
North American Shamanism
The Shamanic Seance in North America
Shamanic Healing among the Paviotso
The Shamanic Sèance among the Achomawi
Descent to the Underworld
Secret Brotherhoods and Shamanism
South American Shamanism: Various Rituals
Shamanic Healing
Antiquity of Shamanism in the Two Americas
X. Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism
Shamanic Beliefs and Techniques among the Semang, Sakai, and the Jakun
Shamanism in the Andaman Islands and Nicobar
Malayan Shamanism
Shamans and Priests in Sumatra
Shamanism in Borneo and Celebes
The "Boat of the Dead" and the Shamanic Boat
Otherworld Journeys among the Dyak
Melanesian Shamanism
Polynesian Shamanism
XI. Shamanic Ideologies and Techniques among the Indo-Europeans
Preliminary Remarks
Techniques of Ecstasy among the Ancient Germans
Ancient Greece
Scythians, Caucasians, Iranians
Ancient India: Ascensional Rites
Ancient India: Magical Flight
Tapas and Diksa
Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in India
Shamanism among the Aboriginal Tribes of India
XII. Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in Tibet China, and the Far East
Buddhism, Tantrism, Lamaism
Shamanic Practices among the Lolo
Shamanism among the Moso
Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in China
Mongolia, Korea, Japan
XIII. Parallel Myths, Symbols, and Rites
Dog and Horse
Shamans and Smiths
Magical Heat,
Magical Flight,
The Bridge and the "Difficult Passage,
The Ladder- The Road of the Dead-Ascension
XIV. Conclusions
The Formation of North Asian Shamanism
Epilogue
List of Works Cited
Index

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