Becoming Half Hidden: Shamanism and Initiation Among the Inuit

by Daniel Merkur

Overview

First Published in 1993.This study seeks to analyze shamanism and initiation from the perspective of shamans, rather than from the laity's point of view. One of the aims of this research has been to get behind the shamans' language in order to understand their experiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135521851
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/18/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dan Merkur

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Study in Esoterica; Chapter 2 The Fiction of the Healed Healer; Chapter 3 The Ecstasies of Inuit Laity; Chapter 4 The Varieties of Ecstatic Seance; Chapter 5 The Pattern of Shamanic Initiations; Chapter 6 The Initiator’s Role; Chapter 7 The Vision Quest; Chapter 8 The Journey to the Moon and the Sun; Chapter 9 Helping Spirits and Shamanic Power; Chapter 10 The Seances of Commencement;