Animal Spirits

by Nicholas J. Saunders

Book Overview

Drawing upon a range of traditions from ancient forms of animal worship and myth-making to the living beliefs of tribal and nomadic peoples, this book explores the innumerable ways in which animals... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316903051
• ISBN13: 9780316903059
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Best Introduction to Animal Spirits in Animism and Shamanism

This lovely little book should never be allowed to go out of print. It is one of the first two books I recommend to anyone who is interested in animism and shamanism. This book does more than convey important information--though it does that well--it conveys a sense of understanding. Archeologist Nicholas J. Saunders seems to truly know the animist/shamanist worldview. His books are concise, well researched, beautifully (and appropriately) illustrated, and easy to read and understand. I also recommend his book Cult of the Cat (Art and Imagination Series), which goes more deeply into the amazing beliefs and spiritual practices centering on cats (from jaguars to house cats) from the dawn of time to today. Saunders's books are so full of amazing information that you will want to reread them time and again, and they are so beautifully written that you will reread them. Read this book to understand how our ancestors thought and felt about animals and why they revered them, and to understand the origins of how we feel about animals today.