Shamans
Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Published on 1. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-84725-027-8 (ISBN)
Description
With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western ImaginationRonald Hutton looks at what is really known about both the shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world. He traces the growth of knowledge of shamans in Imperial and Stalinist Russia, descibes local variations and different types of shamanism, and explores more recent western influences on its history and modern practice. This is a challenging book by one of the world's leading authorities on Paganism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
18
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84725-027-8 (9781847250278)
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06/2007
1st Edition
Hambledon Continuum
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Person
Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. As well as several major works on the British Civil War and seventeenth century history he is also the author of the Stations of the Sun, The Triumph of the Moon (Oxford University Press), Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination and Witches, Druids and King Arthur (both Hambledon).
Content
Introduction; Part One: Why We Think We Know about Shamans; 1. The Creation of Siberia; 2. The Creation of Siberians; 3. The Transformation of Siberians; 4. The Records of Shamanism; Part Two: What We Think We Know about Shamans; 5. What Shamans Did; 6. Shamanic Cosmologies; 7. Shamanic Apprenticeship and Equipment; 8. Shamanic Performance; 9 Knots and Loose Ends; Part Three: Siberia in the Shamanic World; 10. The Discovery of a Shamanic World; 11. The Discovery of a Shamanic Past; 12. The Discovery of a Shamanic Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index.