| Description |
xii, 236 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Shamans and neo-shamans: What is a shaman? / Michael Harner ; Ecstasy and sacrifice / Rowena Pattee ; Shamanism : a religious phenomenon? / Åke Hultkrantz ; Seeing is believing : the four worlds of the shaman / Serge King ; Shamanic trance postures / Felicitas D. Goodman ; The bridge, an essential implement of Hmong and Yao shamanism / Jacques Lemoine ; Neo-shamanism and the modern mystical movement / Joan B. Townsend -- pt. 2. Shamanism and healing: The inner life of the healer : the importance of shamanism for modern medicine / Larry Dossey ; Shamans : the first healers / Stanley Krippner ; The wounded healer : transformational journeys in modern medicine / Jeanne Achterberg ; Modern shamanism : integration of biomedicine with traditional world views / Lewis E. Mehl ; Shamanic approaches in a hospital pain clinic / Frank Lawlis ; Sacred places in nature : one tool in the shaman's medicine bag / Jim Swan ; The shamanic journey : observations from holotropic therapy / Stanislav Grof -- pt. 3. Shamanism and personal empowerment: Shamanic counseling / Michael Harner ; Shamanic tales as ways of personal empowerment / Jürgen W. Kremer ; Shaman's journey, Buddhist path / Joan Halifax ; To paint ourselves red / Brooke Medicine Eagle ; Shamans, yogis, and bodhisattvas / Gary Doore |
| Notes |
Contents: pt. 1. Shamans and neo-shamans: What is a shaman? / Michael Harner ; Ecstasy and sacrifice / Rowena Pattee ; Shamanism : a religious phenomenon? / A?ke Hultkrantz ; Seeing is believing : the four worlds of the shaman / Serge King ; Shamanic trance postures / Felicitas D. Goodman ; The bridge, an essential implement of Hmong and Yao shamanism / Jacques Lemoine ; Neo-shamanism and the modern mystical movement / Joan B. Townsend -- pt. 2. Shamanism and healing: The inner life of the healer : the importance of shamanism for modern medicine / Larry Dossey ; Shamans : the first healers / Stanley Krippner ; The wounded healer : transformational journeys in modern medicine / Jeanne Achterberg ; Modern shamanism : integration of biomedicine with traditional world views / Lewis E. Mehl ; Shamanic approaches in a hospital pain clinic / Frank Lawlis ; Sacred places in nature : one tool in the shaman's medicine bag / Jim Swan ; The shamanic journey : observations from holotropic therapy / Stanislav Grof -- pt. 3. Shamanism and personal empowerment: Shamanic counseling / Michael Harner ; Shamanic tales as ways of personal empowerment / Ju?rgen W. Kremer ; Shaman's journey, Buddhist path / Joan Halifax ; To paint ourselves red / Brooke Medicine Eagle ; Shamans, yogis, and bodhisattvas / Gary Doore. Includes bibliographies and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Healing -- Religious aspects.
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Shamanism.
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Shamans.
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| Author |
Doore, Gary.
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| LC no. |
87032233 |
| ISBN |
0877734321 |
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