Historical dictionary of shamanism

"Historical Dictionary of Shamanism explores the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluates the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers through an introduction, a bibliography, a chronology, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries that explore the features of shamans, the purposes of shamanism, the functions and activities of the shaman, and the cultural contexts in which shamanism makes sense."--BOOK JACKET.

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Editions

2

Pages

392

ISBN

9781442257979

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