Piers Vitebsky is een antropoloog en hoofd sociale wetenschappen aan het Scott Polar Research Institute van de Universiteit van Cambridge, Engeland. Zijn werk duikt in een diepgaand begrip van menselijke cultuur en samenleving. Door middel van zijn studies probeert hij de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen mensen en hun omgeving te belichten. Zijn onderzoek draagt bij aan een breder begrip van de menselijke ervaring.
Cambridge anthropologist Piers Vitebsky, the first westerner to live with the Eveny of Siberia since the Russian revolution, brings readers an extraordinary case of survival in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. of photos.
A richly illustrated guide to the hidden world of the Shaman through the ages, from the snowscapes of Siberia to the jungles of the Amazon.
Velkolepé chrámy, katedrály či mešity jsou odrazem vědomí sounáležitosti s bohy a staly se symboly duchovní kultury a lidské touhy po věčnosti.
Inleiding in ontstaan en betekenis van het boeddhisme.
Reizen van de ziel, trance, extase en genezing van Siberië tot de Amazone
The shaman occupies a key role as a healer mediating between the world of the living and the world of spirits and is a potent figure in alternative medicine. Shamanism , a richly illustrated guide, looks at both historic and present-day manifestations, from the snowscaps of Siberia to the jungles of the Amazon. The book discusses visions, initiation rites, shamanic chants, shamanism and mental health, the shamanic use of plants, and the political and social background to the shaman’s work. Also covered are the links between the shaman’s sense of unity in nature and the recent growth of ecological consciousness in Western societies. * Includes more than 250 color illustrations that present a unique pictorial record of shamanism in practice and as represented in art and artifacts * Includes a detailed region-by-region survey of shamanism with full-color maps * Explores both spiritual and psychological aspects of the subject, as well as the relevance of shamanism to contemporary Western culture