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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456776803321

Autore

Berman Michael <1951->

Titolo

Soul loss and the Shamanic story [[electronic resource] /] / by Michael Berman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-282-19180-2

9786612191800

1-4438-0815-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

201.44

201/.44

Soggetti

Shamanism

Soul

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Stories from various cultures and periods of time can be identified which deal with a concept of soul loss that is essentially shamanic. In shamanism, soul loss is the term used to describe the way parts of the psyche become detached when we are faced with traumatic situations. In shamanic terms, these split-off parts can be found in non-ordinary reality and are only accessible to those familiar with its topography. Case studies are presented to show how the way soul loss is dealt with by ind...