Shamanism
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78920-049-2 (ISBN)
Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists. More recently it has been "discovered" by westerners, especially New Age followers. This book breaks new ground byexamining pristine shamanism in Greenland, among people contacted late by Western missionaries and settlers. On the basis of material only available in Danish, and presented herein English for the first time, the author questions Mircea Eliade's well-known definition of the shaman as the master of ecstasy and suggests that his role has to be seen as that of a master of spirits.
The ambivalent nature of the shaman and the spirit world in the tough Arctic environment is then contrasted with the more benign attitude to shamanism in the New Age movement. After presenting descriptions of their organizations and accounts by participants, the author critically analyses the role of neo-shamanic courses and concludes that it is doubtful to consider what isoffered as shamanism.
Merete Demant Jakobsen (1952-2017) taught in Denmark, Britain, and Alaska. Having worked on shamanism in ethnography and literature for her Danish degrees, she completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford in anthropology. She was researching negative spiritual experiences at the Religious Experience Research Centre, Westminster College, Oxford.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. Shamanism: Definition and Description
Introduction
The Origin of the Term
Definitions of Shamanism
Definitions of Shamanism by Two Organisers of Shamanic Courses
Trance/Ecstasy
Chapter 2. Early Encounters Between Explorers, Missionaries and Shamans
The Work of Poul and Niels Egede in Greenland
Chapter 3. The Greenlandic Angakkoq
Apprenticeship and Initiation
The Pantheon
Paraphernalia
The Séance
Travels
Healing
The Concept of the ‘Witch’
Burial Customs
Myths and Legends
Angakkut in Oral Tradition on the East Coast
Chapter 4. Neo-shamanism and the New Age
Old Traditions Moulded to the Needs of Westerners in Search of Spirituality
Courses in Neo-shamanism
A Description of the People Participating in Courses
The Basic Course in Shamanism
The Paraphernalia
Introduction to the Concept of Shamanism
The Instruction in Journeying
Power-Song and Journeying
Healing
Advanced Courses in Shamanism
Approaches to the Role of Shamanism in Modern Society
Manuals on Neo-shamanism
Chapter 5. The Revival of Shamanism in Other Cultures
Conclusion
Afterword: The Way of the Teacher
Appendix: Advanced Courses in Shamanism
Nordic Shamanism and The Spirits of Nature
Shamanic Healing and Spiritual Ecology
Soul Retrieval Training
The Soul Retrieval
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.09.2018 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Östliche Weisheit / Alte Kulturen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78920-049-0 / 1789200490 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78920-049-2 / 9781789200492 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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