Ancient traditions: shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas
Shamanism is the world's oldest religion. The rituals and beliefs of this ancient tradition were carried from Asia and Siberia into the New World by nomadic hunting bands beginning 12,000 years ago. This unique collection of essays on shamanism in Central Asia and the Indian Americas provides s...
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| Language: | English |
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Denver Museum of Natural History in cooperation with Ethnographics Press, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern Californiarnia
©1994
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| In: | Year: 1994 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ The Americas
/ Shamanism
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Conference papers and proceedings
B Shamanism B Shamanism Congresses B Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings B Electronic books B Shamanism Congresses B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion B Conference program |
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| Summary: | Shamanism is the world's oldest religion. The rituals and beliefs of this ancient tradition were carried from Asia and Siberia into the New World by nomadic hunting bands beginning 12,000 years ago. This unique collection of essays on shamanism in Central Asia and the Indian Americas provides sound and engaging scholarship that reflects the great diversity in this fascinating field. Over the centuries, shamanism has endured as an abiding topic of interest not only because of a human concern with the past, but also because of a common yearning to acknowledge life lived in closer symbolic relationship to earth cycles. For the reader interested in indigenous cultures and religions, this collection of essays clarifies much of the New Age speculation on universals in shamanism by bringing studies of different ethnic and historical expressions to bear on the subject |
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| Item Description: | Papers from a symposium held at the Denver Museum of Natural History, June 1989. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index. - Print version record Papers from a symposium held at the Denver Museum of Natural History, June 1989 |
| ISBN: | 0585003963 |