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Hardcover: 9780756757762, Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2003, cover price $26.00; and 9781585420919, J P Tarcher, April 1, 2001, cover price $25.95
Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge
A collection of essays by priests, explorers, adventurers, natural historians and anthropoligists traces Western civilization's struggle to intrepret and understand the ancient knowledge of cultures that revere magic men and women, shamans capable of summoning spirits. 12,500 first printing.
(view table of contents)- Persuasions of the Witch's Craft
- Salem Possessed; The Social Origins of Witchcraft
- Fusion of the Worlds
- Intelligence in Nature
- Cosmic Serpent
Product Description: A survey of five hundred years of writings on the world's great shamans-the tricksters, sorcerers, conjurers, and healers who have fascinated observers for centuries.
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 LŽvi-Strauss, Black Elk, Carlos Castaneda, and Franz Boas, it provides an awesome glimpse into the incredible shamanic practices of cultures around the world. Bibliography. Index.
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