Shamans Sorcerers And Saints
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Shamans Sorcerers And Saints
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Author : Brian Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2018-12-26
Shamans Sorcerers And Saints written by Brian Hayden and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-26 with Religion categories.
Historians of art or religion and mythologists, such as Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade, have written extensively on prehistoric religion, but no one before has offered a comprehensive and uniquely archaeological perspective on the subject. Hayden opens his book with an examination of the difference between traditional religions, which are passed on through generations orally or experientially, and more modern “book” religions, which are based on some form of scripture that describes supernatural beings and a moral code, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He attempts to answer the question of why religion developed at all, arguing that basic religious behaviors of the past and present have been shaped by our innate emotional makeup, specifically our ability to enter into ecstatic states through a variety of techniques and to create binding relationships with other people, institutions, or ideals associated with those states.
Sorcery And Shamanism
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Author : Donald Joralemon
language : en
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Release Date : 1993
Sorcery And Shamanism written by Donald Joralemon and has been published by University of Utah Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The curanderos of northern Peru, traditional healing specialists who invoke Jesus Christ and the saints with a mescaline sacrament and a shamanic rattle, are not vestigial curiosities nor are their patients rural illiterates without access to "modern medicine." Instead, many of these shamans have thriving urban practices with clients from all levels of society. Sorcery and Shamanism documents the lives and rituals of twelve curanderos, offering a perspective on their curing role and shared knowledge. Authors Donald Joralemon and Douglas Sharon also consider the therapeutic experiences of over one hundred patients, including case histories and follow-ups. They offer a broad view of the shamans' work in modern Peruvian society, particularly in connection with gender-based conflicts. The significant work goes a long way toward dispelling the stereotype of shamans as enigmatic and wise, showing them to be pragmatic curers confronting the health effects of everyday aggressions and betrayals.
The Quest For The Shaman
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Author : Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Quest For The Shaman written by Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
An exploration of shamanism and ritual behavior in ancient Europe draws on recent archaeological research to identify the roles and techniques of shamans from multiple periods and civilizations, in a history that also features numerous photographs of elaborate ritual objects.
The Horned God Of The Witches
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Author : Jason Mankey
language : en
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date : 2021-06-08
The Horned God Of The Witches written by Jason Mankey and has been published by Llewellyn Worldwide this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Discover the History, Magick & Myths of the Horned One Explore the deep spiritual roots of the Horned God and discover rituals and activities designed to help you get closer to him.Throughout history, horned deities have been honored as gods of nature, sex, fertility, passion, sacrifice, death, and rebirth. The Horned God of the Witches reveals the origins and features of their most common guises—Pan, Cernunnos, Herne, Elen of the Ways, the Green Man, and even the Devil. Whether you are interested in the Wiccan Horned God—a more contemporary composite of several deities—or in one of his many other forms, these rituals for meeting the powerful deity will help you achieve your magical goals. With hands-on techniques for divination, creating an altar, working magick, spiritual lovemaking, and receiving the gifts of the Witchfather, this book supports a transformative deepening of your relationship to the divine.
Feasting In Southeast Asia
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Author : Brian Hayden
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2016-11-30
Feasting In Southeast Asia written by Brian Hayden and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Feasting has long played a crucial role in the social, political, and economic dynamics of village life. It is far more than a gustatory and social diversion from daily work routines: alliances are brokered by feasts; debts are created and political battles waged. Feasts create enormous pressure to increase the production of food and prestige items in order to achieve the social and political goals of their promoters. In fact, Brian Hayden argues, the domestication of plants and animals likely resulted from such feasting pressures. Feasting has been one of the most important forces behind cultural change since the end of the Paleolithic era. Feasting in Southeast Asia documents the dynamics of traditional feasting and the ways in which a bewildering array of different types of feasts benefits hosts. Hayden argues that people’s ability to marry, reproduce, defend themselves against threats and attacks, and protect their interests in village politics all depend on their ability to engage in feasting networks. To be excluded from such networks means to be subject to attack by social predators, perhaps even leading to enslavement. As an archaeologist, Hayden pays specific attention to the materials involved in feasting and how feasting might be identified and interpreted from archaeological remains. His conclusions are based on his own ethnographic field studies in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as well as a comparative overview of the regional literature on feasting. Hayden gives particular attention to the longhouses of Vietnam, an unusual but important social unit that hosts feasts, in an attempt to understand why they became established. This unique volume is the culmination of fifteen years of fieldwork among tribal groups in Southeast Asia. Until now no one has examined feasting as a general phenomenon in Southeast Asia or tried to synthesize its underlying dynamics from a theoretical perspective. The book will be of interest to cultural anthropologists, archaeologists, historians, and others involved in food studies.
Shamans Witch Doctors Wizards Sorcerers And Alchemists
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Author : Dorothy Kavanaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03
Shamans Witch Doctors Wizards Sorcerers And Alchemists written by Dorothy Kavanaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03 with Alchemists categories.
Take a peek into a world filled with monsters, witches, voodoo, ghosts and more. The Supernatural will take readers on a wild, yet informative, ride as they experience the history, present and future of 8 different topics.
Slavic Sorcery
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Author : Kenneth Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Slavic Sorcery written by Kenneth Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Until recently, few scholars were even aware that a Slavic Magickal tradition still existed. Kenneth Johnson's book presents his true-life experiences in Russia with the living practitioners of this ancient magickal discipline. It also serves as a course in authentic shamanic practices. Readers can learn about the mythology and lore of the Slavic peoples, and there is material on festivals, cosmology, the gods, Otherworld spirits, and ancestor beliefs.
The Origins Of Shamanism Spirit Beliefs And Religiosity
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Author : H. Sidky
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-06-21
The Origins Of Shamanism Spirit Beliefs And Religiosity written by H. Sidky and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-21 with Social Science categories.
In The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity, H. Sidky uses first-hand ethnographic fieldwork and scientific theoretical work in archaeology, psychology, and neurotheology to explore the origins of shamanism, spirit beliefs, the evolution of human consciousness, and the origins of ritual behavior and religiosity.
The Power Of Ritual In Prehistory
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Author : Brian Hayden
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-13
The Power Of Ritual In Prehistory written by Brian Hayden and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with History categories.
Secret societies in tribal societies turn out to be key to understanding the origins of social inequalities and state religions.
Evolution And The Emergent Self
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Author : Raymond L. Neubauer
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2012
Evolution And The Emergent Self written by Raymond L. Neubauer and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Medical categories.
This book examines how humans evolved from the cosmos and prebiotic earth and what types of biological, chemical, and physical sciences drove this complex process. The author presents his view of nature which attributes the rising complexity of life to the continual increasing of information content, first in genes and then in brains.