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Description from Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue

Shamanism can be described as a group of techniques by which its practitioners enter the "spirit world," purportedly obtaining information that is used to help and to heal members of their social group. Despite a resurgence of interest in shamanism and shamanic states of consciousness, these phenomena are neither well-defined nor sufficiently understood. This multi-disciplinary study draws on the fields of psychology, philosophy and anthropology with the aim of demystifying shamanism. The au...

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics and Shamanism and spirit practice.

Shamanism and spirit practice
Controlled discovery queries from gegnir and openlibrary matched “Shamanism” and “Shamans”. Retained metadata contains “Shamans” in the title, “Shamanism” in the description, “Shamanism” in the subject metadata, and 4 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Shamanism”· via Open Library
- “Shamans”· via Open Library
- “Shamans”· in title
- “Shamanism”· in description
- “Shamanism”· in subject
Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics
Retained metadata contains “Consciousness” in the description and “Consciousness” in the edition notes.
- “Consciousness”· in description
- “Consciousness”· in edition notes

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
a multidisciplinary study 1st ed 1 online resource (257 p.); Chapter Five: Applying a 10-Facet Model to North and South American Shamanic Dream SystemsChapter Six: The Construction of an Ontology and Epistemology of Shamanic Journeying Imagery; Chapter Seven: Necessary Conditions For Shamanic Journeying Imagery; Chapter Eight: The Issue of Realism and Shamanic Journeying Imagery; Chapter Nine: Methods for Studying Shamanic Reports of Psychic Phenomena; Chapter Ten: Shamanism and the Demystification Journey; Back Matter; References; Also Available; Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Dedication; Preface: Why Attention Must Be Paid To Shamanism; Introduction: An Overview of the Chapters; Body Matter; Chapter One: Shamanism and Shamans: Points and Counterpoints; Chapter Two: Epistemology & Technologies of Shamanic Knowledge; Chapter Three: The Confusion of Consciousness with Phenomenological Content in Shamanic Studies; Chapter Four: Two Cross-Cultural Models for Studying Shamanic Healing Systems; Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 191; Includes bibliographical references; Publication place: [Luton, U.K.]	2011	Andrews U.K. Ltd	English	9786613445513 1283445514 1845403339	Catalog record	Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab) Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab)
A Multidisciplinary Study Open Library record	2011	Imprint Academic	English	9781845402228 1845402227	Print-disabled access	Open Library (opens in a new tab)