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020 _a9780786434091 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)234234103
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050 0 0 _aREF BF1611
_b.E36 2009
049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aEdson, Gary,
_d1937-
245 1 0 _aShamanism :
_ba cross-cultural study of beliefs and practices /
_cGary Edson.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,
_cc2009.
300 _avii, 287 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-275) and index.
505 0 _aSpiritual exaltation -- Shamanism and belief -- Shamanistic power and magic -- Shamanistic symbolism -- Shamanism and imaginative representation -- Shamanic ritual and transformation -- Shamanic divination and curing -- Spirits, dreams, and ecstasy -- Transformation and shape-shifting -- Life, death, and sacrifice -- Transcendental shamanism.
520 _a"This book provides an in-depth look at the beliefs and practices centered on the shaman, a person believed to have powers to heal and communicate with the spirit world. The work features more than 90 of the author's drawings of masks, fetishes, carvings and ongon, and 40 rare photographs of shamans, medicine men and women and healers"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aShamanism.
999 _c143525
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