Ancient Traditions: Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas

Description

Editors: Seaman, Gary and Day, Jane S.

Publisher: Co-published by the Denver Museum of Natural History and the University Press of Colorado

Pub Date: 1994

Binding: Paperback

Condition:Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Slight edge and corner wear.  It’s been looked through, but gently.

Notes: Shamanism may be the oldest religion in the world.  Shamans as mediators between the population and the environment, bringers of luck to hunters, fertility, healing, and death.   Only 5 of the 13 papers deal with shamanism in places like Kazakhstan, all others Central and South America.