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Shamans
Siberian Spirituality and the Western Imagination
Ronald Hutton
With their ability to enter trances, to change into the bodies of
other creatures and to fly through the northern skies, shamans are the subject of
both popular and scholarly fascination. In Shamans Ronald Hutton looks at what is really known
about both the Shamans of Siberia and about others spread throughout the world.
He traces the growth of knowledge of shamans in Imperial and Stalinist Russia,
describes local variations and different types of shamanism and explores more recent western influences on its history and
modern practice. This is a challenging book by one of the world's leading
authorities on Paganism.
Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at Bristol University and author of
The Rise and Fall of Merrie England, Stations of the Sun and
The Triumph of the Moon
224 pages 18 illustrations 2001
1 85285 324 7 Cased £16.99
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