Towards a better understanding of Shamanism
Title: Towards a better understanding of Shamanism
Category: /History
Details: Words: 2048 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Towards a better understanding of Shamanism
Category: /History
Details: Words: 2048 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Shamanism in Anthropology has been an entity in a constant
metamorphosis. It has always been considered exotic and its
existence around the globe was never contradicted. However, over
the years it did not receive the scholarly attention that it so
requires. The age of discovery garnered a multitude of
information on shamanism all over the world. The reporters
invested a great deal of accuracy in the gathering of the
information, but their observational skills were
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a shamanology ' (Flaherty, pp.215)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y.
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Ecstasy. Paris, 1951.
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Anthropology. Washingtno, 1956.
3. Flaherty, Gloria. Shamanism In The Eighteen Century.
Princeton: Priceton University Press, 1992.
4. Krader, L. `Buryat Religion and Society`, Southwestern
Journal of Anthropology, 10, 1954.
5. Lewis, I.M. Ecstatic Religion. Middlesex: Penguin, 1971.
6. Lommel, Andreas. Shamanism: The Beginnings of Art. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 1973.