Buy this book on-line LYON,WILLIAM S: : Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism - Sacred Ceremonies of North AmericaUSA.CALIFORNIA,ABC-CLIO INC.,1998. ISBN 0874369339.
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maps list/table,15 b/w culture/geographical maps,profuse b/w contemporary photographs and b/w line illustrations
throughout the text and the book,references,ethnobotany biblio,illustration credits,and index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and 4pp blanks to rear.
An authoritative account of the various shamanic powers that
have been observed among the Native Americans of North America since the 16thC.Surveying apsects of Native American sacred ceremonies in Canada and all 50 states of the United States,this book focuses on "medicine" ceremonies in which the power of the Creator is manifested for all to behold.Such
ceremonies might be as simple as uttering a short prayer before undertaking a certain act,or they might involve the performance of a four-day prescribed ritual.The A-to-Z entries include the names and results of various medicine ceremonies,shamans who are acclaimed for their medicinal powers,and the techniques shamans used to acquire and control
the powers needed to perform sacred ceremonies.In addition,
readers will find explanations of the terminology anthropologists use to describe these ceremonies,symbolic motifs that recur cross-culturally in sacred ceremonies,
plants and sacred paraphernalia associated with ceremonies,
and recurring structural themes.
Although much of the material included in this work has been
documented by anthropologists,the accounts of priests,
trappers,and explorers who recorded their observations have also been included.Also featured in this unique volume are extensive cross-references,illustrations and maps,an ethnobotanical bibliography,and an index.An exceptional addition to every library's reference collection,this book will be invaluable to students of anthropology,Native American studies,religious studies,pyschology and sociology.
It will also appeal to readers interested in the magical or supernatural aspects of Native American cultures and the New Age movement.
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