01583cam a2200277I 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001300071040002900084041001300113050002700126082001100153100003200164245009600196250001900292260007600311300002600387490002700413500007900440504003200519505001400551505069700565650001501262830002801277376727AUA.120151112164819.0720809s1964 nyu b 000 0 eng  a63010339 aDLCcWSUdOCLdm.c.dSER1 aenghfre aBL 2370 .S5bE413 1964 a291.621 aEliade, Mircea,d1907-1986.10aShamanism:barchaic techniques of ecstacy.cTranslated from the French by Willard R. Trask. a[Rev. and enl. aNew York,bBollingen Foundation; distributed by] Pantheon Booksc[1964] axxiii, 610 p.c22 cm.1 aBollingen series,v76. aTranslation of Le charmanisme et les techniques archa�iques de l'extase. aBibliography: p. [513]-569. aContents: aGeneral consideration. Recruiting methods. Shamanism and mystical vocation. -- Initiatory sicknesses and dreams. -- Obtaining Shamanic powers. -- Shamanic initiation. -- Symbolism of the Shaman's costume and drum. -- Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld. -- Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magical cures. The Shaman as psychopomp. -- Shamanism and cosmology. -- Shamanism in North and South America. -- Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism. -- Shamanic ideologies and techniques among the Indo-Europeans. -- Shamanic symbolisms and techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East. -- Parallel myths, symbols, and rites. -- Conclusions. 0aShamanism. 0aBollingen series ;v76.