Author: Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher: Stockholm
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Author: Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher: Afterworlds Press
ISBN: 9781786771872
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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"Visionaries who have made their way to the realm of the dead and then returned have told of its secrets." In this scholarly but highly readable book, the famed anthropologist and historian of religions Åke Hultkrantz takes us on an in-depth exploration of Native American afterlife journey myths and shamanism. Anticipating the western "discovery" of near-death experiences by nearly 20 years, Hultkrantz recognized them as phenomena distinct from other extraordinary experiences such as dreams and vision quests. Equally remarkable, Hultkrantz found that Native American afterlife myths were actually influenced by NDEs and shamanic otherworld journeys. Weaving this discovery together with various cultural and psychological factors, Hultkrantz also delves into other supernatural beliefs and practices such as soul-retrieval, ghosts, funerary rituals, reincarnation, and the Ghost Dance religions in which initiates deliberately induced NDE-like experiences. Rounding off his study with comparisons to afterlife journey myths in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, across Asia, and the Pacific islands, Hultkrantz crafted an unsurpassed masterpiece of comparative religion and paranthropology, many years ahead of its time. Originally published as a small edition in Europe, the book was never widely available to the general public and has been out-of-print for decades. Afterworlds Press is proud to now make this groundbreaking work accessible to a new generation of readers.

Author: Åke Hultkrantz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : sv
Pages : 340

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Author: Christopher Vecsey
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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"This invaluable exploration of mythic narratives helps us uncover our long-repressed values regarding the environment, society, and the spiritual world. Christopher Vecsey examines the Hopi myth of emergence and clan migration, the Ojibwa creation myth, the Iroquois myth of the Confederacy, the Navajo tradition of ritualized medicine, the pan-Indian myths of peyotism's origins, and a contemporary sweat lodge ceremony. The author finds at the heart of these myths a declaration of dependence: of the individual on the community, of the community on nature, and of nature on the powerful world of spirit."-- Back cover.

Author: Karl Kroeber
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803277823
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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In American Indian societies, storytelling and speech-making are invested with special significance, crafted to reveal central psychological and social values, tensions, and ambi-guities. As Karl Kroeber notes, "It is our scholarship, not Indian storytelling, that is primitive, undeveloped." ø This book is an essential introduction to the study and appreciation of American Indian oral literatures. The essays, by leading scholars, illuminate the subtle artistry of form and content that gives spoken stories and myths an enduring vitality in native communities yet often makes them perplexing to outsiders. The presentation and analysis of complete oral texts, often without translations, enable the reader to grasp the meaning, purpose, and structure of the tales and to become familiar with the techniques scholars use to translate and interpret them. ø This expanded edition of the widely praised collection contains a recent analysis of the Wintu myth of female sexuality, a revised introduction by Karl Kroeber, a contribution by Dell Hymes, a new translation by Dennis Tedlock, and a new, annotated bibliography.

Author: Gretchen Dye Meyncke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Author: Robert Todd Wise
Publisher:
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Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 962

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Author: Christopher Vecsey
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
ISBN: 9780871691521
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Describes & analyzes traditional Ojibwa religion (TOR) & the changes it has undergone through the last three centuries. Emphasizes the influence of Christian missions (CM) to the Ojibwas in effecting religious changes, & examines the concomitant changes in Ojibwa culture & environment through the historical period. Contents: Review of Sources; Criteria for Determining what was TOR; Ojibwa History; CM to the Ojibwas; Ojibwa Responses to CM; The Ojibwa Person, Living & Dead; The Manitos; Nanabozho & the Creation Myth; Ojibwa Relations with the Manitos; Puberty Fasting & Visions; Disease, Health, & Medicine; Religious Leadership; Midewiwin; Diverse Religious Movements; & The Loss of TOR. Maps & charts.

Author: Douglas Gray
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004624295
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Author: Earle H. Waugh
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN: 0889205442
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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An edited version of the proceedings of the Symposium of Elders and Scholars held at the University of Alberta, September 1977, including seminars with the elders of various Native peoples and papers delivered by such eminent students of Native religions as Ǎke Hultkrantz, Joseph Epes Brown, Sam D. Gill, and Karl Luckert.