The Realm of the Extra-Human. / [Vol 1], : Agents and Audiences / / ed. by Agrhananda Bharati.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©1976 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series ;
[Vol 1] |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (556 p.) :; 20 plates. Num. tabs. |
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Other title: | I-XII -- Introduction -- SECTION ONE -- Neo-Hindu Acculturation: An Alternative to "Instant Chemical Religion" -- Lévi-Strauss in Fairyland -- Gods, Kings, and the Caste System in India -- Shamanism as a Profession -- Religion and Human Play -- The Akan Stool Polity: A Political Organization -- Religious Change in a Northern Nigerian Emirate -- SECTION TWO -- Deified Men and Humanized Gods: Some Folk Bases of Hindu Theology -- Shamanism in Central Asia -- Shaman and Priest in Yucatán Pentecostalism -- Sense Stimulation and Ritual Response: Classifying the Religious Symbolism of the Persian and Yemenite Jews -- Characteristics of Sisala Diviners -- The Goddess Cult in the Hebrew-Jewish Religion -- Tibetan Oracles -- Breaking Ties with Deceased Spouse -- The Spirit "Rides" or the Spirit "Comes": Possession in a North Indian Village -- The Shamanistic Element in Taiwanese Folk Religion -- The Study of Shamanism among the Peoples of Siberia and the North -- SECTION THREE -- Altered States of Consciousness in Northern Iroquoian Ritual -- Shamanism, Trance, Hallucinogens, and Psychical Events: Concepts, Methods, and Techniques for Fieldwork among Primitives -- The Culture-Historical Origin of Shamanism -- The Role of Women in the Male Cults of the Soromaja in New Guinea -- Certain Aspects of the Study of Siberian Shamanism -- Learning of Psychodynamics, History, and Diagnosis Management Therapy by a Kali Cult Indigenous Healer in Guiana -- A Peruvian Curandero's Séance: Power and Balance -- SECTION FOUR -- Esoteric Rituals in Japanese Traditional Secret Societies: A Study of the Death and Rebirth Motif -- Ritual, Myth, and the Murdered President -- SECTION FIVE -- Pandharpur Priesthood: Its Changing Role, Functions, and Future -- An Anthropomorphic Shamanic Musical Instrument from the Eighth to Twelfth Centuries A.D. -- Rousalia: The Ritual Worship of the Dead -- Personifications of Capes and Rocks in the Hellenic Seas -- Historical Reality and Russian Supernatural Beings -- Some Findings Concerning the Nomenclature and Functions of Certain Lacandon Mayan Deities -- The Moon-Mythical Character of the God Yü-huang -- Was Espingo (Ispincu) of Psychotropic and Intoxicating Importance for the Shamans in Peru? -- Epilogue -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110805840 9783110637922 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110805840 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Agrhananda Bharati. |