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[The author] explores the core and essence of shamanism by looking at its ritual, mythology, symbolism, and the dynamics of its cultural process. In dealing with the basic elements of shamanism, the author discusses the shamanistic experience and enlightenment, the inner personal crisis, and the many aspects entailed in the role of the shaman.
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1993 State University of New York
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Ripinsky-Naxon, Michael, 1944 The nature of shamanism: substance and function of a religious metaphor / Michael Ripinsky-Naxon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-1385-3. ISBN 0-7914-1386-1 (pbk.) 1. Shamanism. 2. Experience (Religion) 3. MetaphorReligious aspects. I. Title. BL2370.SSR52 1993 291.1'4dc2092-5415 CIP
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TO MY WIFE, AGATA, Who Understood, Encouraged, and Believed, in the Sun above the Aegean Blue and the California Desert.
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Contents
Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
1 Introduction: A Personal Dialectic
1
2 Shamanism and Culture: Configurations of a Religious Metaphor
13
Cultural Ethos and Mysticism
13
Hunting Magic
23
Master of the AnimalsThe Lady of Wild Things
25
The Spiral and the Labyrinth
33
Shamanism and Ancient Egyptian Religion
37
Shamanistic Metaphors, Techniques, and Appurtenances
42
Mongolian Shamanism
56
The Celtic Religion
59
The Role of the Shaman
62
3 Substance and Function of Shamanism
69
Definitions and Problems
69
"Answering the Call," Initiation, and Shamanic Enlightenment
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