| | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Forward to the 2004 Edition xi
Foreward xvii
Note on Othography xxix
CHAPTER 1: General Considerations. Recruiting Methods. Shamanism and Mystical Vocation 3
CHAPTER 2: Initiatory Sickness and Dreams 33
CHAPTER 3: Obtaining Shamanic Powers 67
CHAPTER 4: Shamanic Initiation 110
CHAPTER 5: Symbolism of the Shaman's Costume and Drum 145
CHAPTER 6: Shamanism in Central and North Asia: I. Celestial Ascents. Descents to the Underworld 181
CHAPTER 7: Shamanism in Central and North Asia: II. Magial Cures. The Shaman as Psychopomp 215
CHAPTER 8: Shamanism and Cosmology 259
CHAPTER 9: Shamanism in North and South America 288
CHAPTER 10: Southeast Asian and Oceanian Shamanism 337
CHAPTER 11: Shamanic Ideologies and Techniques among the Indo-Europeans 375
CHAPTER 12: Shamanic Symbolisms and Techniques in Tibet, China, and the Far East 428
CGAPTER 13: Parallel Myths, Symbols, and Rites 466
CHAPTER 14: Conclusion 495
Epilogue 508
List of Works Cited 513
Index 571
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