Shamanism in Siberia: Russian Records of Indigenous Spirituality

by Andrei A. Znamenski

This book takes you to the "classical academy of shamanism", Siberian tribal spirituality that gave birth to the expression "shamanism." For the first time, in this volume Znamenski has rendered in readable English more than one hundred books and articles that describe all aspects of Siberian shamanism: ideology, ritual, mythology, spiritual pantheon, and paraphernalia. It will prove valuable to anthropologists, historians of religion, psychologists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048164842
• ISBN13: 9789048164844
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"