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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy

A cross-cultural survey of shamanism, identifying recurrent initiatory techniques of ecstasy such as fasting, sleep deprivation, drumming, and visionary ascent and descent.

Author: Mircea Eliade
Type: Book
Written: 1951
Edition: 1972
Publisher: Princeton University Press (Bollingen Series LXXVI / No. 76)
Language: English
Tradition: Comparative
Identifiers: ISBN9780691017792, OCLC1417085091