The spirit of shamanism

Paperback; x + 285 pp. including quotations, bibliography, and an index Contents: Part I: What and Why Is Shamanism? 1. Why Shamanism and Why Now? 2. What Is a Shaman? Part II: The Life of the Shaman 3. The Hero's Journey 4. The Initial Call and Initiation Crisis 5. A Life of Learning: Shamanic Training and Discipline 6. The Culmination of the Quest: Light and Death-Rebirth 7. Primitive Madman or Mystic in the Making? Conventional Views 8. Psychotic Emergency or Spiritual Emergence? Recent Views 9. Shamanic Trickery Part III: The Shaman's Universe 10 Many Worlds and Many Spirits Part IV: Shamanic Techniques 11. Cosmic Traveling: The Shamanic Journey 12. The Technology of Transcendence: Inducing Altered States 13. Divination and Diagnosis 14. How Do They Heal? The Psychological Principles of Shamanic Healing 15. How Do They Heal? Beyond Psychology 16. How Do They Heal Themselves? Part V: Shamanic States of Mind 17. Mapping Shamanic States 18. Comparing States: Shamanism, Schizophrenia, Buddhism, and Yoga 19. Mapping Levels of Consciousness 20. The Evolution of Consciousness Part VI: Ancient Tradition in a Modern World 21. Shamanism in a World at Risk 22. Shamanism Today and Tomorrow Epilogue: Further Explorations