Shamanism in Siberia : Russian Records of Indigenous Spirituality /

This book takes you to the "classical academy of shamanism," Siberian tribal spirituality that gave birth to the expression "shamanism." Popular imagination frequently associates this phenomenon with Native American religions. At the same time, because of the language barrier, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Znamenski, Andrei A.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
Subjects:	Humanities. Metaphysics. History. Regional planning. Religion (General) Anthropology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Russian and Soviet Perceptions of Siberian Shamanism: An Introduction
1. Recording Shamanism in Old Russia
2. Siberian Shamanism in Soviet Imagination
3. Records of Siberian Spirituality in Present-Day Russia
Index.