Tradition 22 of 33
Shamanism and spirit practice
Shamanic traditions, spirit journeys, trance practices, and cross-cultural spirit mediation.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 876
- Earliest
- 1556
- to 2026
- Read free
- 4%
- 39 with public full text
- With covers
- 31%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match821
- Metadata match49
- Query match5
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Shamanism305
- Schamanismus144
- Chamanisme111
- Spirit possession111
- History80
- RELIGION76
- Social Sciences71
- Shamans58
- Fiction54
- sjamanisme54
- Philosophy52
- Arts and Humanities50
- Anthropology43
- Text43
- Archaeology42
- Art41
- Chamanismo41
- Non-fiction literature39
- Psychology38
- Szamanizm38
- Šamanismus31
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices30
- Sociology30
- Schamanism27
Top languages
- English453 · 52%
- German92 · 11%
- French65 · 7%
- Spanish47 · 5%
- Czech32 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Carlos Castaneda15 in this tradition16 books
- Mircea Eliade9 in this tradition17 books
- Alberto Villoldo7 in this tradition9 books
- Jörgen I Eriksson7 books
- Nevill Drury6 in this tradition9 books
- Michael J Harner6 books
- Sandra Ingerman5 in this tradition6 books
- T'ae-han Hong5 books
- Richelle Mead4 in this tradition11 books
- Harald Meller4 in this tradition7 books
- Robert J Wallis4 in this tradition5 books
- Jeremy Narby4 books
876 books
Faces in the smoke
Douchan Gersi
1991
Facing the fire, taking the stage
Joseph J. Long
2025
Fire in the head
Thomas Dale Cowan
1993
Five ghosts
Frank J. Barbiere
2013
Freeing the captives
Louise Ireland-Frey
1999
Ghosts
Stuart Webb
2012
Handbook of entheogenic healing
Michael J. Winkelman
2025
Healing states
Alberto Villoldo
1987
Here for the joy
Ananda Forest
2022
Hidden wisdom
Richard Smoley
1999
Hopscotch
Kevin J. Anderson
2002
How to Heal Toxic Thoughts
Sandra Ingerman
2007
Illumination
Alberto Villoldo
2010
In Bondage to Evil
T. Craig Isaacs
2018
In the dark of the night
John Saul
2006
Iron Crowned
Richelle Mead
2011
Jaguar Woman
Lynn V. Andrews
1986
Journeys into the invisible
Charles Stépanoff, Matthew H. Evans
2025
La possession en Asie du Sud
Assayag, Tarabout
1999
Liber null & psychonaut
Peter J. Carroll
1987
Medicine trail
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
2000
Microbes and other shamanic beings
César Enrique Giraldo Herrera
2018
Mongolian and Siberian shamans
Rolf Gilberg
2024
Narratives of Obeah in West Indian literature
Janelle Rodriques
2019