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Author Hutton, Ronald

Title Shamans : Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (231 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M
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Summary 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 Imagination Ronald 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
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Subject Shamans -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Shamanism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Shamanism
Shamans
Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826446374
082644637X