Shamans and Religion An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking

Name: Shamans and Religion An Anthropological Exploration in Critical Thinking
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ISBN: 9781577661627

ISBN-10: 1577661621

ISBN-13: 9781577661627

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alice Beck Kehoe

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List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 125
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Real Shamans


Siberian Shamans, Then and Now


Siberian History and Shamans



Understanding Religion from an Anthropological Perspective


An Anthropological Perspective on Religion


"Religion" from a Non-Western Perspective


An Anthropological View of Shamans


New Age Religions from an Anthropological View


Summary: What--in this context--is Religion?



The Idea of the Shaman


Armchair Scholars versus Field Researchers



Religion or Genes?



Shamans Everywhere?


Trance and Mysticism


Healing with Spirits


The King's Touch


Use of Drugs


Circumboreal (Northern Forests) Elements


Charisma


The Particular and the General



Shaman Painters?


Territorial Markers


Cave Art


Overview



Selling "Shamanic Journeys"


Michael Harner's "Way of the Shaman"


Neo-shamanism


The Problem with Selling Non-Western Spirituality



Deafening Silence


Civilization and Its Other


Finding Healing


Conclusion


Sources


References


Additional Readings


Index