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Shamanism

- Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of Spirits and Healing
Af: Merete Demant Jakobsen Engelsk Paperback

Shamanism

- Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of Spirits and Healing
Af: Merete Demant Jakobsen Engelsk Paperback
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Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists. More recently it has been "discovered" by westerners, especially New Age followers. This book breaks new ground byexamining pristine shamanism in Greenland, among people contacted late by Western missionaries and settlers. On the basis of material only available in Danish, and presented herein English for the first time, the author questions Mircea Eliade''s well-known definition of the shaman as the master of ecstasy and suggests that his role has to be seen as that of a master of spirits.

The ambivalent nature of the shaman and the spirit world in the tough Arctic environment is then contrasted with the more benign attitude to shamanism in the New Age movement. After presenting descriptions of their organizations and accounts by participants, the author critically analyses the role of neo-shamanic courses and concludes that it is doubtful to consider what isoffered as shamanism.

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Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists. More recently it has been "discovered" by westerners, especially New Age followers. This book breaks new ground byexamining pristine shamanism in Greenland, among people contacted late by Western missionaries and settlers. On the basis of material only available in Danish, and presented herein English for the first time, the author questions Mircea Eliade''s well-known definition of the shaman as the master of ecstasy and suggests that his role has to be seen as that of a master of spirits.

The ambivalent nature of the shaman and the spirit world in the tough Arctic environment is then contrasted with the more benign attitude to shamanism in the New Age movement. After presenting descriptions of their organizations and accounts by participants, the author critically analyses the role of neo-shamanic courses and concludes that it is doubtful to consider what isoffered as shamanism.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 290
ISBN-13: 9781789200492
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave: 2
ISBN-10: 1789200490
Kategori: Greenland
Udg. Dato: 10 dec 2020
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 230mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: Berghahn Books
Oplagsdato: 10 dec 2020
Forfatter(e): Merete Demant Jakobsen
Forfatter(e) Merete Demant Jakobsen

Kategori Greenland

ISBN-13 9781789200492

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 290

Udgave 2

Længde 20mm

Bredde 230mm

Højde 152mm

Udg. Dato 10 dec 2020

Oplagsdato 10 dec 2020

Forlag Berghahn Books