Author: William S. LyonPublisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Entries identify leaders, shamans, and specific beliefs and practices of various tribes.
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism
Author: William S. LyonPublisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Entries identify leaders, shamans, and specific beliefs and practices of various tribes.
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing
Author: William S. LyonPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393317350
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Designed for ease of use with maps, a detailed subject index, an extensive bibliography, and cross references, this book is sure to fascinate anyone interested in Native American culture and heritage.
Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism
Author: William S. Lyon (Ph. D.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Entries identify leaders, shamans, and specific beliefs and practices of various tribes.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2
Author: Christina PrattPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404210417
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1
Author: Christina PrattPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404210400
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
Encyclopedia of Native American Religions
Author: Arlene B. HirschfelderPublisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816046539
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Describes traditional beliefs and worship practices, the consequences of contact with Europeans and other Americans, and the forms Native American religions take today.
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 1
Author: Christina PrattPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404211407
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.
The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans: An A to Z of Tribes, Culture, and History
Author: Adele NozedarPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007519443
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the history, culture, and religious beliefs and practices of America’s native people, The Element Encyclopedia of Native Americans tells the varied and colourful stories of the tribes, their greatest leaders, wars, pacts, and the long-lasting impact that their profound wisdom and spirituality has on the West today.
Shamans and Kushtakas
Author: Mary Giraudo BeckPublisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 0882409719
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles to protect his people, he fought the kushtaka an evil spirit being who was half human and half land hotter for the souls of dying persons. Theirs was a battle between the forces of good and evil, and today it remains a cornerstone in Tlingit and Haida mythology. Mary Giraudo Beck provides a powerful mix of history, legend, and adventure to dramatize the values and traditions of Tlingit and Haida societies. The heroic and wondrous incidents in these stories transcend time and culture and, as tales of myth and magic, provide compelling reading for young and old alike.
North American Indian Medicine Powers
Author: William LyonPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527553949
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
This book is the first-ever publication to provide an in-depth overview of American Indian medicine powers. More importantly, it challenges the current notion that a belief in medicine powers is merely the result of primitive superstition. Utilizing a recent discovery in quantum mechanics, hailed by some physicists as “the greatest discovery in the history of science,” it explains how quantum mechanics principles can be used to better explain why shamans do what they do during ceremony. This results in the book taking the point of view that there is now more evidence to assume Indian medicine powers are real than to assume they are not.