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Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge

Shamans Through Time: 500 Years on the Path to Knowledge

by Francis Huxley (Author), JeremyNarby (Author)

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Synopsis

This is a 500-year survey of writings on the world's shamans - the healers, sorcerers, conjurers and tricksters. Jeremy Narby and Francis Huxley trace Western civilization's attempts to understand the ancient knowledge of shamans around the world and have collected observations about and interviews with shamans from more than 60 missionaries, botanists, anthropologists, ethnographers and psychologists spanning from 1535 to 2000. The contributors convey everything from fear, suspicion and condescension to respect, fascination and adulation. The essays are by such thinkers as Claude Levi-Strauss, Black Elk, Franz Boas and Carlos Castaneda.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 336
 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Published: Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 0500510709
ISBN 13: 9780500510704

Media Reviews
'This first sweeping study of shamanism is sure to become a classic' - Publishers Weekly 'The most comprehensive survey on shamanism ever' - Mihaly Hoppal, Director, European Folklore Institute
Author Bio
Jeremy Narby studied history at the University of Canterbury and received a doctorate in anthropology from Stanford University. He is the author of The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge. Francis Huxley took his degree in anthropology at the University of Oxford and has written widely on the subject.