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Anthropology
PAGANISM
- Anne Ross / Paperback / Published 1997
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For a people that at one time dominated much of Europe, very little
is known of the Celts and their religion, yet many flimsy theories and
fanciful relationships have grown up over the years based on the scant
evidence available. In a scholarly and systematic study, Anne Ross draws
on all of the available evidence--archaeological sites in Europe and the
British Isles, ancient Greek and Roman writers and early British
vernacular literature--to separate the grain of what we know from the
chaff of accreted misinformation and loose interpretation.
- Qemant
: A Pagan-Hebraic Peasantry of Ethiopia ~ Usually
ships in 24 hours
- Frederick C. Gamst / Paperback / Published 1984
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Well-written and well-illustrated, The Qemant offers readers a solid
exposition of a particular ethnic group in the exotic setting of
Ethiopian civilization. This descriptive analysis of the peasantry in an
agrarian state provides a backdrop for the serious study of the core
conceptions of socio-cultural anthropology.
- The
Pagan Tribes of Borneo (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints)
- Charles Hose, William McDougall / Hardcover / Published
1993
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- Phases
of Pre-Pagan Burma : Languages and History (School of Oriental and
African Studies)
- G.H. Luce / Hardcover / Published 1986
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SHAMANISM
- Mentawai
Shaman : Keeper of the Rain Forest : Man, Nature, and Spirits in Remote
Indonesia ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
- Charles Lindsay / Hardcover / Published 1992
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A colorful portfolio of 80 photographs, augmented with excerpts from
ethnographic/naturalist photographer Lindsay's journals, tells of an
archaic tribe--the Mentawaians or "original people"--who live
in the rain forest of Siberut, an isolated, ecologically unique jungle
island in Indonesia. An historical essay by anthropologist Reimar
Schefold provides an accessible overview of their way of life and of the
extent to which it is menaced by progress. 9.25x12.25" Annotation
copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
- The
Rulings of the Night : An Ethnography of Nepalese Shaman Oral Texts
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- Gregory G. Maskarinec / Hardcover / Published 1995
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"The Rulings of the Night offers something new to the
anthropology of language and ritual. Built on impeccably careful
fieldwork, and beautiful at times in its transparency, the book gets
back to the words themselves in crafting an understanding of the deadly
important play between shamanic prayers and social reality in the Nepal
Himalayas. The author's novel focus on the pragmatics of everyday speech
is sure to provoke argument (and a much needed one, at that), but, like
the Nepali shaman's mythic songs, the book is also sure to intrigue,
captivate, and transform."
- Shaman
: An Illustrated Guide (Living Wisdom) ~ Usually
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- Piers Vitebsky / Paperback / Published 1995
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"A shaman from Nepal met a Westerner who remarked how good it
must be to live in harmony with the cosmos. The shaman replied, 'The
main part of my job is killing witches and sorcerers.'"
Anthropologist Piers Vitebsky gives us a balanced account of shamans and
shamanic practices from Siberia to the Amazon rain forest that takes
into account every facet of a mysterious and increasingly popular
religious phenomenon. Field-work anecdotes combined with hundreds of
full-color photographs draw the reader into a complex essentialist world
which, though it may be following primitive societies into extinction,
seems to still manifest itself in many aspects of modern man's religion,
literature, and psyche. Extensive bibliography includes a list of new
shamanic movements.
- The
Shaman : Patterns of Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians
(Civilization of the American Indian, Vol 165)
- John A. Grim / Paperback / Published 1988
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The author wisely places the practices of shamanism within the
cultural context. At no point does the author make the mistake of
reducing the shamanic practices to deities and such but correctly
emphasizes the "forces" and movements of nature of which the
shaman is an "expression." Excellent read for anyone generally
interested in shamanism or specifically in the Ojibwe practices of the
Mide society.
- Shaman
and the Medicine Wheel ~ Usually ships
in 24 hours
- Evelyn Eaton, Fred Berensmeier (Illustrator) /
Paperback / Published 1982
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An interesting read if you want to learn about Native American
spirituality and medicine wheels. This book contains a segment of the
author's life history and her experiences on her life path. It also
contains a brief description of how to set up a medicine wheel of your
own. Quite a bit involves her battle with her own illness. She also
deals with her problems relating to full-blooded Native Americans, since
she is of mixed blood.
- Druid-Shaman-Priest
: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism
- Leslie Ellen Jones / Hardcover / Published 1998
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The author, Leslie Ellen Jones (lejones@ucla.edu,
November 30, 1998
Why are people so consistently fascinated by the druids?
I have a Ph.D. in Folklore & Mythology, specializing in Celtic myth.
I wrote this book because I found myself increasingly frustrated with
scholars, on the one hand, repeating over and over, "We know
virtually nothing about the druids, the pagan priestly class of the
Celts," and neo-pagans, on the other hand, insisting that druidism
had remained unchanged in hiding for nearly two millennia. So much ink
has been spilled over the subject of druids and druidism that at times
it seems that all that can be seen is one's own face reflecting back out
of the opaque pool. So this book is an attempt to tidy up the field of
play, as it were, by looking at how the idea of the druid has changed
over time, in the descriptions of druids by Classical authors, the
images of pagan priests found in medieval Irish and Welsh saints' lives,
the archaeological speculations of eighteenth-century antiquarians, and
in twentieth-century movies and television. I also take a side-trip to
consider whether Celtic culture was "shamanic", and if so,
were the druids shamans? (My conclusion, incidentally, is that pagan
Celtic culture was shamanic, but their shamans weren't the druids.) I
hope to have shown that the longevity of the druid is not based in
unchanging preservation, but in the very flexibility of the idea of the
druid.
- The
Last Shaman : Change in an Amazonian Community (Arakmbut of Amazonian
Peru/Andrew Gray, Vol 2)
- Andrew Gray / Hardcover / Published 1997
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No review at this time
- Nepalese
Shaman Oral Texts (Harvard Oriental Series, 55)
- Hardcover / Published 2000
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Published)
- Shaman,
His Symbols and His Healing Power
- Spencer Lee Rogers / Hardcover / Published 1982
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- The
Anthropologist As World Shaman (Anthropology & Humanism Quarterly
Series, Vol 5 No 4)
- Miles Richardson(Editor)
Out-of-Print
- The
Way of the Shaman : A Guide to Power and Healing
- Michael Harner Out-of-Print
- When
Santa Was a Shaman : The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the
Christmas Tree
- Tony Van Renterghem
While the author may indulge in some loose and imaginative
anthropology, all the facts presented are true! This is a really
enjoyable book, a *fun* book, and a great introduction to the actual
history of Xmas, one of the most misunderstood holidays. Most people
will be surprised to find out why Santa wears red and white (Coca-cola,
1931) or the ecological context of our relationship with Santa. I highly
recommend this book to people who think that Xmas has something to do
with Christianity, or those that enjoy seeing human history in a whole
new light. Buy a copy for yourself, or it makes a good mind-opening
gift.
WITCHCRAFT
- Cows,
Pigs, Wars & Witches : The Riddles of Culture
~ Usually ships in 24 hours
- Marvin Harris / Paperback / Published 1989
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This book challenges those who argue that we can change the world
by changing the way people think. Harris shows that no matter how
bizarre a people's behavior may seem, it always stems from concrete
social and economic conditions.
- God
of the Witches ~ Usually ships in 24
hours
- Murray, Margaret Murray / Paperback / Published
1992
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This celebrated study of witchcraft in Europe traces the worship
of the pre-Christian and prehistoric horned god from paleolithic
times to the medieval period. Murray, the first to offer a scholarly
look at the mysteries of witchcraft, shows that witchcraft as a
religion is nearly as old as humankind itself. A classic work of
anthropology. Illlustrated
- Hand
Trembling, Frenzy Witchcraft, and Moth Madness : A Study of Navajo
Seizure Disorders ~ Usually ships in
2-3 days
- Jerrold E. Levy, et al / Paperback / Published 1995
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- The
Mande Blacksmith : Knowledge, Power and Art in West Africa
(Traditional Ars of Africa) ~ Usually
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- Patrick R. McNaughton / Hardcover / Published 1988
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- The
Modernity of Witchcraft : Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial
Africa (Sorcellerie Et Politique En Afrique-LA Viande Des Autres)
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- Peter Geschiere, Janet Roitman (Translator) /
Hardcover / Published 1997
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In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own
experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and
southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to
argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a
response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The
prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and
entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved
with the forces of modernity. Geschiere explores why modern
techniques and commodities, usually of Western provenance, have
become central in rumors of the occult.
- The
Modernity of Witchcraft : Politics and the Occult in Postcolonial
Africa = Sorcellerie Et Politique En Afrique
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- Peter Geschiere, Janet Roitman (Translator) /
Paperback / Published 1997
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In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own
experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and
southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to
argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a
response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The
prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and
entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved
with the forces of modernity. Geschiere explores why modern
techniques and commodities, usually of Western provenance, have
become central in rumors of the occult.
- The
Night Has a Naked Soul : Witchcraft and Sorcery Among the Western
Cherokee
- Alan Kilpatrick / Hardcover / Published 1997
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In a work that spans nearly two centuries, anthropologist Alan
Kilpatrick explores the occult world of the Western Cherokee,
expounding on previously collected documents and translating some
forty new shamanistic texts that have never been disclosed to
outside audiences. For over a hundred and fifty years, the Cherokee
Indians have been recording their medico-magical traditions in the
native script of the Sequoyah syllabary. These shamanistic texts,
known as idi:gawe':sdi, deal with such esoteric matters as divining
the future, protecting oneself from enemies (living and dead),
destroying the power of witches, and purifying one's soul from all
forms of supernatural harm. As one of the few scholars able to
translate the discourse, Kilpatrick's work underlines the critical
role of transformational language in the ritual performance.
- Religion
in Context : Cults and Charisma ~ Usually
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- I. M. Lewis / Paperback / Published 1996
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Arguing that apparently contradictory experiences are part of a
web of mutually sustaining elements, this expanded and updated study
analyzes phenomena such as witchcraft, cannibalism, and shamanism.
It reveals connections among them and with the world religions.
- Satanism
and Witchcraft; The Classic Study of Medieval Superstition
- Jules Michelet, A. R. Allinson (Translator) /
Paperback / Published 1992
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Long out of print, Jules Michelet's classic study of medieval
superstition has been reprinted in this edition to bring the general
public's attention to one of the truly great sociological works of
modern times
- A
War of Witches : A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary
Aztecs ~ Usually ships in 2-3 days
- Timothy J. Knab / Paperback / Published 1998
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In this fantastical combination of personal revelation and local
history, Knab unravels secrets of an ancient vendetta in a Mexican
village. An anthropologist by trade, Knab develops a practicing
belief in the supernatural Aztec practices holding sway in San
Martin, up in the mountainous fastnesses east of Mexico City. In the
course of his initiation into a spiritual world of dreams, spells,
and death, he increasingly earns the trust of his teachers, old lady
Rubia and old man Inocente.
- The
Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality ~ Usually
ships in 2-3 days
- F. G. Bailey, F. G. Baily / Paperback / Published
1996
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This mature ethnography of the rural east Indian village of
Bisipara in the 1950s captures the spirit of life in a small
community isolated from the outside world. Bailey
(Anthropology/Univ. of California, San Diego; The Kingdom of
Individuals, not reviewed) employs a ``cultural event'' as an entry
point into the ``complex web'' of the society that he describes.
When a young woman dies of cerebral malaria during the off-season,
the local village council interprets her death as being the result
of a malevolent devata, or godlike spirit that can be kept for good
luck. The council hires a diviner to determine who in the village
has been keeping a devata, and five men are fined for possibly
causing the girl's death.
- Witchcraft
and Sorcery of the American Native Peoples
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- Deward E. Walker(Editor), David Carrasco (Preface)
/ Paperback / Published 1990
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- Witchcraft
in the Southwest : Spanish and Indian Supernaturalism on the Rio
Grande
- Marc Simmons / Paperback / Published 1980
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available at this time
- Bloodsucking
Witchcraft : An Epistemological Study of Anthropomorphic
Supernaturalism in Rural Tlaxcala
- Hugo G. Nutini, John M. Roberts / Hardcover /
Published 1993
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Based on information gathered in some 50 communities over more
than 25 years, describes all facets of bloodsucking witchcraft and
analyzes its social and psychological aspects within the overall
system of magic and religious supernaturalism prevalent in Tlaxcala
(Mexico). Also provides a history and review of other forms of
supernaturalism in Mesoamerica. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.
Portland, Or.
- Good
Company and Violence : Sorcery and Social Action in Lowland New
Guinea Society (Studies in Melanesian Anthropology)
- Bruce M. Knauft / Hardcover / Published 1985
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Order)
- Modernity
and Its Malcontents : Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa
- Jean Comaroff, John Comaroff / Hardcover /
Published 1993
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Order)
- Navaho
Witchcraft
- Clyde Kluckhohn / Paperback / Published 1995
(Publisher Out Of Stock)
First published in 1944, Clyde Kluckhohn’s Navajo Witchcraft
offers a comprehensive analysis of witchcraft tradition in Navajo
culture. As the main research source, 93 informants were interviewed
by Kluckhohn. Among the sample, 76 people were men, 71 individuals
were over fifty years old. It is important to note that 38
individuals were ceremonial practitioners who are skilled navigators
of their folk knowledge. Based on the data which has been collected
since 1923, the first draft was written in 1938, and it was
rewritten several times for content revision and data addition.
Navajo witchcraft consists of various techniques of malevolent
activity which include "Witchery," "Sorcery,"
"Wizardry," and "Frenzy Witchcraft."
- Navaho
Witchcraft
- Clyde Kluckhohn / Paperback / Published 1995
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First published in 1944, Clyde Kluckhohn’s Navajo Witchcraft
offers a comprehensive analysis of witchcraft tradition in Navajo
culture. As the main research source, 93 informants were interviewed
by Kluckhohn. Among the sample, 76 people were men, 71 individuals
were over fifty years old. It is important to note that 38
individuals were ceremonial practitioners who are skilled navigators
of their folk knowledge. Based on the data which has been collected
since 1923, the first draft was written in 1938, and it was
rewritten several times for content revision and data addition.
Navajo witchcraft consists of various techniques of malevolent
activity which include "Witchery," "Sorcery,"
"Wizardry," and "Frenzy Witchcraft."
- Salem
Possessed : The Social Origins of Witchcraft
- Paul Boyer(Preface), Stephen Nissenbaum (Preface) /
Hardcover / Published 1997
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Boyer and Nissesnbaum's work on Salem is a fascinating look into
the social stresses which were at the root of the explosion of
accusations in this small Massachusetts town. Each of the elements
in this disaster, i.e. the questionable ministerial skills of Samuel
Parris, property disputes between the Proctors and Putnams, the
conflicts between Salem Village and Salem Town, are thoughtfully
analyzed as part of a whole
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