Author | : Christina Pratt |
File Size | : 45,8 Mb |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 August 2007 |
ISBN | : 1404211411 |
Pages | : 312 pages |
An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 by Christina Pratt Book PDF Summary
Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.