Where the Spirits Ride the Wind : Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences / Felicitas D. Goodman ; with drawings by Gerhard Binder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Felicitas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Posture--Miscellanea.

Posture.

Shamanism.

Trance.

Astral projection.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 1990.

Summary:

""The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures."" -Theological Book Review""... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis-that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states."" -Shaman's Drum""This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordin

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; I: The Search for the Spirits; ONE The Call of the Old People; TWO Getting in Touch with the Spirits: The First Discoveries; THREE The Old Ones Remember; FOUR A New Path Opens; FIVE The Way of the Spirits; II: The Postures and What They Have to Offer; SIX Going on a Spirit Journey; SEVEN The Many Faces of Divination; EIGHT The Gift of Healing; NINE Female Powers of Healing; TEN Changing Shape-The Shimmering Game; ELEVEN Celebrations; TWELVE The Pit of Death and the Psychopomp; THIRTEEN Life Everlasting; III: Myths of the Etemal Present

INTRODUCTIONThe Emergence Story; Coyote Comes Calling; The Man of Cuautla; A Maya Whistle; The Story of Kats and His Bear Wife; The Spirits and the Wounded Tree of Life; In the Land of Centaurs and Mermaids; CONCLUSION: The Twilight of the Spirits; Appendix: Some Practical Points; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-235) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253014641

0253014646

OCLC:

870273071