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Mircea Eliade

Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) Paperback – February 8, 2004

by Mircea Eliade (Author), Willard R. Trask (Author), Wendy Doniger (Author)

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First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice.

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"Eliade writes of the shamans with that masterly combination of sympathy and detachment. . . . . [His] findings will almost certainly be echoed by great voices of the future." (New York Times Book Review)

"Eliade is the most informative guide to the modern mythologies."---Frank Kermode, New Statesman

"[A] close and detailed yet comparative study of shamanism. . . . [It] has become the standard work on the subject and justifies its claim to be the first book to study the phenomenon over a wide field and in a properly religious context." (Times Literary Supplement)

"Clearly the best work on Shamanism published so far." (The Review of Religion)

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Born in Bucharest in 1907, Mircea Eliade was for many years Sewell L. Avery Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. He is author of, among other books, Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism, Myth of the Eternal Return, and Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (all Princeton). Wendy Doniger is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago. Her books include The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade, The Implied Spider, and Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India. Her translations of such texts as The Rig Veda, The Law of Manu, and the Kamasutra have garnered wide praise.

Series: Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology (Book 91)
Paperback: 648 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Later Reprint edition (February 8, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691119422
ISBN-13: 978-0691119427
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 1.6 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 60 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #54 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age & Spirituality > Shamanism
- #126 in Books > History > World > Religious > General
- #182 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > History

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The classic on shamanism. Not a good first introduction however.

December 22, 2016

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The classic cross-cultural comparative study and ethnography of world shamanism. Dry as a bone. Dense and scholarly. I do not recommended it as an introduction to shamanism. Eliade also has a some difficulty rising above the moral demands of his personal world view.This is a pity. Still it is a treasure trove of information to be found nowhere else.

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Michael Warren

Greatest book on shamanism yet written

November 21, 2014

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Greatest book on shamanism yet written.

If you want to learn about shamanism, across a wide array of practices, learn about rituals, find deeper patterns and meaning in the practice, this is the book for you. Essentially, if you have any kind of interest in shamanism that isn't satisfied by Google, then this is the book you're looking for. It goes beyond the lay understanding, by far. You may be a believer by the end.

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sbjalr0812

Best Study of Shamanism Ever

May 29, 2014

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If you are at all serious about the subject or practice you have to read this book, it's all in here, it's an account that is totally un-newageified if that makes any sense, you can make up your own mind some of it's touching some of it's light and soul saving and some of it's just the makings of down and dirty ritual at it's most transparent that you will find in any book.

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R MackTop Contributor: Pets

Give it a try

June 5, 2017

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This was one of my first reads on Shamanism. Really enjoyed. If you haven't read Eliade before he can be a bit of an intimidating read. However, this book is enjoyable and worth the effort

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Stephen Schicker

Shamanism

February 14, 2017

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Probably the best history of Shamanism written at its time. A classic piece of literature.

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happygirlk28

Great place to find real facts on shamanism

July 9, 2015

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This is a great book. It really gets into history, lore, and ancient knowledge on shamanism. For anybody who is curious about real facts on shamanism, this is a wonderful place to start.

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Jeffrey Rich, BS, LMBT

Excellent

July 28, 2008

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I am reading this book as a prerequisite for a two-week shamanic healing intensive course beginning Sept 6. It's a bit thick and extraordinarily well-footnoted, and Eliade says of himself in the preface that he is a religious historian, not an anthropologist. Nevertheless, this book is an excellent resource. I removed one star simply because the index clings to archaic terms even though this particular edition isn't that old. "Invert"? as opposed to "homosexual"? You have to ferret out things a bit here, but it's still worth it. Not that it's the be-all, end-all; as I mentioned above, he's a religious historian, and all of this work is based on secondary sources. By all accounts, Eliade did no field work himself. Despite that and despite my minor grumbles about the index, he nails it.

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david wilcox

Five Stars

October 29, 2017

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excellent book

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