Haunted by the archaic shaman : Himalayan Jhākris and the discourse on shamanism /
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
[2008]
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Table of Contents:
- From Siberia to Nepal : the discourse on shamanism
- Jhākris and other intercessors : the problems of defining shamanism
- Myths, narratives, and ethnography : clues for the origins of the Jhākri
- Seized by spirits : the Jhākri's calling, initiation, and training
- Ornaments and instruments of the gods : the Jhākri's ritual outfit and paraphenalia
- Altered states of consciousness, hallucinogenic drugs, spirit possession, and shamanism
- The Jhākri's cosmos : the nature of the spirit world
- Implicated in evil : the shaman and the witch
- Ban-Jhākri : supernatural abductions and shamanic initiation
- Jhākri Basnu : shamanizing and ritual drama
- Shamanic healing
- From Nepal to Siberia : disentangling a conceptual morass.