DuBois, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1960-
Cambridge, UK New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-311) and index.
• Introductions — Shamanism and the issue of religion — A history of shamanic encounters — Shamanism in archaeological evidence — Shamanic soteriology and ritual — Cosmology and the work of the shaman — The call and initiation — Mediating the spirit world : shamanic roles and careers — Examining ritual effectiveness — Seance, trance, and the shamanic mind — Shamans, clients, and healing — The shamanic arsenal — Music and entheogens : pathways to ecstasy — The material culture of shamanism — Shamanic verbal art — Shamanic politics in a changing world — Shamanism under attack — Shamanic revitalizations — Neoshamanism.

Subjects:

• Shamanism.

Requested by Kurpiers, R.