Demystifying Shamans and Their World: A Multidisciplinary Study

by Stanley Krippner and Adam J. Rock

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845402227
• ISBN13: 9781845402228
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"