Shamanism in Siberia

This book takes you to the "e;classical academy of shamanism"e;, Siberian tribal spirituality that gave birth to the expression "e;shamanism."e; For the first time, in this volume Znamenski has rendered in readable English more than one hundred books and articles that describe all aspects of Siberian shamanism: ideology, ritual, mythology, spiritual pantheon, and paraphernalia. It will prove valuable to anthropologists, historians of religion, psychologists and practitioners of shamanism.