Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination - Ronald Hutton Singing Bowl Woven in in the high

Woven in in the high Andes of Peru

Made in India

Ayahuasca shamans perform their healing rituals in Ontario and Wisconsin

called Vilcabamba—only recently rediscovered by a trio of colorful American explorers

as well as one's limitations

Shamans: Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination - Ronald Hutton Singing Bowl Woven in in the highWith their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of other creatures and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans Ronald Hutton looks at what is really known about both the Shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world. He traces the growth of knowledge of shamans in Imperial and Stalinist Russia, describes local variations and different types of