Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade

Title: Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Bollingen Series, No. 76)
Author: Mircea Eliade (translated by Willard R. Trask)
ISBN: 0691017794
Condition: Used

First published in 1951, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy is widely regarded as the definitive scholarly work on shamanism — and remains so to this day. Written by Mircea Eliade, one of the twentieth century’s most influential historians of religion, it is a monumental survey of shamanic practice across two and a half millennia of human history.

Eliade traces the phenomenon from its origins in Siberia and Central Asia through to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond — illuminating the figure of the shaman as magician, healer, priest, mystic, and poet. Drawing on psychology, sociology, and ethnology, he reveals the deep structural patterns that unite shamanic traditions across vastly different cultures and epochs.

An essential reference for anyone seriously engaged with the study of religion, anthropology, indigenous spirituality, or the history of human consciousness. A rare and weighty find at 630 pages.

Details:

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Series: Bollingen Series No. 76
• Year: 1972
• Pages: 630
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

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