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Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination

by Ronald Hutton

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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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 Ronald 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, describes 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.

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  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “shamanism”. Retained metadata contains “Shamans” in the title, “Shamanism” in the description, “Shamans” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

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2001-01-01Bristol Research (University of Bristol); University of BristolEnglish—Unknown

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