With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures, and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western ImaginationRonald Hutton looks at what is really known about both the shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world. He traces the growth of knowledge of shamans in Imperial and Stalinist Russia, descibes local variations and different types of shamanism, and explores more recent western influences on its history and modern practice. This is a challenging book by one of the world's leading authorities on Paganism.
| ISBN: | 9781847250278 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2007 |
| Author: | Prof Ronald Hutton |
| Publisher: | Hambledon Continuum an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Christianity Shamanism, paganism and Druidry Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought Spirituality and religious experience European history |