archaic techniques of ecstacy Eliade, Mircea 1907-1986 creator text bibliography nyu New York Bollingen Foundation; distributed by] Pantheon Books [1964] 1964 [Rev. and enl. monographic eng fre

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xxiii, 610 p. 22 cm. Contents: General consideration. Recruiting methods. Shamanism and mystical vocation. -- Initiatory sicknesses and dreams. -- Obtaining Shamanic powers. -- Shamanic initiation. -- Symbolism of the Shaman's costume and drum. -- Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld. -- Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magical cures. The Shaman as psychopomp. -- Shamanism and cosmology. -- Shamanism in North and South America. -- Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism. -- Shamanic ideologies and techniques among the Indo-Europeans. -- Shamanic symbolisms and techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East. -- Parallel myths, symbols, and rites. -- Conclusions. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. Translation of Le charmanisme et les techniques archa�iques de l'extase. Bibliography: p. [513]-569. Shamanism BL 2370 .S5 E413 1964 291.62 63010339 DLC 720809 20151112164819.0 376727