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001 2008030076
003 DLC
005 20090331074934.0
008 080708s2009 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008030076
020 $a9780786434091 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
020 $a0786434090 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn234234103
035 $a(OCoLC)234234103$z(OCoLC)228608063
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dC#P$dBWX$dDLC
042 $alcac
050 00 $aBF1611$b.E36 2009
082 00 $a201/.44$222
100 1 $aEdson, Gary,$d1937-
245 10 $aShamanism :$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.