Where the Spirits Ride the Wind : Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences /

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""The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures.""--Theological Book Review"" ... a case study in e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodman, Felicitas D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geister.
Trance.
Ekstase.
Religioes.
Espiritismo.
Parapsicologia.
Geister
Trance
Ekstase
Shamanism.
Posture.
Astral projection.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
religion (discipline)
shamanism.
Posture > Miscellanees.
Chamanisme.
Transe.
Voyage astral.
Religion.
Transe > Études de cas.
Posture liturgique > Cas, Études de.
Chamanisme > Études de cas.
Voyage astral > Études de cas.
Religion
Shamanism
Trance > Case studies.
Shamanism > Case studies.
Astral projection > Case studies.
Posture > Miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; I: The Search for the Spirits; ONE The Call of the Old People; TWO Getting in Touch with the Spirits: The First Discoveries; THREE The Old Ones Remember; FOUR A New Path Opens; FIVE The Way of the Spirits; II: The Postures and What They Have to Offer; SIX Going on a Spirit Journey; SEVEN The Many Faces of Divination; EIGHT The Gift of Healing; NINE Female Powers of Healing; TEN Changing Shape-The Shimmering Game; ELEVEN Celebrations; TWELVE The Pit of Death and the Psychopomp; THIRTEEN Life Everlasting; III: Myths of the Etemal Present
  • INTRODUCTIONThe Emergence Story; Coyote Comes Calling; The Man of Cuautla; A Maya Whistle; The Story of Kats and His Bear Wife; The Spirits and the Wounded Tree of Life; In the Land of Centaurs and Mermaids; CONCLUSION: The Twilight of the Spirits; Appendix: Some Practical Points; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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