Shamanism

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Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture (2 Volume Set)

This two-volume reference is the first international survey of shamanistic beliefs from prehistory to the present day. Download Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture (2 Volume Set) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. In nearly 200 detailed, readable entries, leading ethnographers, psychologists, archaeologists, historians, and scholars of religion and folk literature explain the general principles of shamanism as well as the details of widely varied practices.What is it like to be a shaman? Entries describe, region by region, the traits, such as sicknesses and dreams, that mark a person as a shaman, as well as the training undertaken by initiates. They detail the costumes, music, rituals, artifacts, and drugs that shamans use to achieve altered states of consciousness, communicate with spirits, travel in the spirit world, and retrieve sou Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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