Shamanism, Socio-Cultural Anthropology - General & Miscellaneous
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Draws on psychoanalytic criteria to demonstrate that the traditional shamans among the Inuit of North America are expert in the religious uses of alternative psychic states, and that the sleight-of-hand, ventriloquism, and other tricks that have led other researchers to label them pathological personalities and charlatans, are merely dramatizations of invisible happenings for the benefit of their non-adept audience. Includes new findings of visualization techniques. Revised from a 1985 doctoral thesis for the University of Stockholm. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 1, 1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Pages
376
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780815307839