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Shamans, Healers & Medicine Men
A comprehensive, endlessly perceptive, & inspiring book on shamanism.
“Shamanism…is not a somehow obscure or incomprehensible or mysterious magical path, but a simple heightening of the emotional experience of the world; “the goal of the shamanic path of initiation is to broaden and deepen the normal emotionality that we all know” [Kalweit, Shambhala Publications, / ].
This book, translated from the German, is by Holger Kalweit, a German ethnologist and psychologist who studied shamans and shamanism in different corners of the world, including Hawaii, the American Southwest, Mexico and Tibet. With concrete examples drawn from the Ainu, Siberian, Yahgan and other shamanic traditions, Kalweit delves into the very heart of shamanism and explains detailly the nature of being a shaman, “a possessor of profound knowledge that cannot be grasped in words”. From shamanic training, testing and rituals inducing trance to shamanic healing powers, and duels and competitions, Kalweit touches on many topics and hardly stops there, elucidating further on such concepts as consciousness, reality, dreaming and on a variety of parapsychological phenomena, including “magic”, visions and near-
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Shamanism: A Selected Annotated Bibliography*
Compiled by Anna L. DeMiller
Colorado State University Libraries
Journals
Shaman: Journal of the International Society for Shamanistic Research, Vol.1, no. 1 ()- . Szeged, Hungary: Molnar & Kelemen Oriental Publishers.
The journal publishes original articles in English on shamanism and neighboring fields as well as reviews of current books, brief accounts of work in progress and announcments of coming events. See the Web page at: for information about the society and a link to the journal contents and abstracts.
Shamanic Applications Review: A Journal of Religious Resources in Psychotherapy, Vol. 1, no. 1 ()- . Niles, MI: Foundation for Religious Resources in Psychotherapy.
&#;SAR is dedicated to the interface of psychotherapy and psychological studies with shamanic studies and practice, spiritual development, and other religious dimensions of living.&#;
Shaman’s Drum: A Journal of Experiential Shamanism and Spiritual Healing, No. 1 ()- . Williams, OR: Cross-Cultural Shamanism Network.
The journal publishes original field research, cross-cultural comparative studies, and personal experience articles on all aspects of shamanism, spiritual healing, and ecstatic religion. In addition there are critical r
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A in depth, endlessly humidify, & exalting book awareness shamanism.
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