Shamans/Neo-Shamans: Ecstasies, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415302029)

In popular culture, such diverse characters as occultist Aleister Crowley, Doors musician Jim Morrison, and performance artist Joseph Beuys have been called shamans. In anthropology, on the other hand, shamanism has associations with sorcery, witchcraft and healing, and archaeologists have suggested the meaning of prehistoric cave art lies with shamans and altered consciousness. Robert J. Wallis explores the interface between 'new' and prehistoric shamans. The book draws on interviews with a variety of practitioners, particularly contemporary pagans in Britain and north America. Wallis looks at historical and archaeological sources to explore contemporary pagan engagements with prehistoric sacred sites such as Stonehenge and Avebury, and discusses the controversial use by neo-Shamans of indigenous (particularly native American) shamanism.

Author: Robert J. Wallis
ISBN-10: 0415302021
ISBN-13: 9780415302029
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2003
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.76w x 0.81d