SHAMANISM. ARCHAIC TECHNIQUES OF ECSTASY

First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the pract ice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--wh ere Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eli ade illu...[Read more]