Ancient traditions
Jane Stevenson Day
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Ancient traditions
by Jane Stevenson Day, Gary Seaman, Jane S. Day
Published
1994
Publisher
Denver Museum of Natural History in cooperation with Ethnographics Press, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California
Pages
312
ISBN-13
9780585003962
ISBN-10
0585003963
Description
Shamanism is the world's oldest religion. The rituals and beliefs of this ancient tradition were carried from Asia and Siberia into the New World by nomadic hunting bands beginning 12,000 years ago. This unique collection of essays on shamanism in Central Asia and the Indian Americas provides sound and engaging scholarship that reflects the great diversity in this fascinating field. Over the centuries, shamanism has endured as an abiding topic of interest not only because of a human concern with the past, but also because of a common yearning to acknowledge life lived in closer symbolic relationship to earth cycles. For the reader interested in indigenous cultures and religions, this collection of essays clarifies much of the New Age speculation on universals in shamanism by bringing studies of different ethnic and historical expressions to bear on the subject. Ancient Traditions is the result of a major conference held in 1989 at the Denver Museum of Natural History that brought together scholars and others interested in shamanism from the United States and the former Soviet Union.
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This edition of Ancient traditions has approximately 312 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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The estimated word count for Ancient traditions is approximately 78,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Ancient traditions?
Ancient traditions was written by Jane Stevenson Day, Gary Seaman, Jane S. Day.
When was Ancient traditions published?
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