TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eliade,Mircea
TI  - Shamanism: archaic techniques of ecstacy
T2  - Bollingen series,
AV  - BL 2370 .S5 E413 1964
U1  - 291.62 
PY  - 1964///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Bollingen Foundation; distributed by] Pantheon Books
KW  - Shamanism
N1  - Translation of Le charmanisme et les techniques archa�iques de l'extase; Bibliography: p. [513]-569; 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
ER  -