In popular culture, such diverse characters as occultist Aleister Crowley, Doors musician Jim Morrison, and performance artist Joseph Beuys have been called shamans. In anthropology, on the other hand
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Shamanismcontains a chronology, an introduction, and extensive bibliography. The dictionary contains over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on ind
Essays in this book explore the ever-changing view of the past, from Saxon times to the present day, from Britain to modern-day China. Topics include how, in the Middle Ages, ancient sites became popu
The A to Z of Shamanism has the duel task of exploring the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluating the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers.
