Shamanism: Traditional and Contemporary Approaches to the Mastery of
Pristine shamanism in Greenland is examined and the ambivalent nature of the shaman and the spirit world in the tough Arctic environment is then contrasted with the more benign attitude to shamanism in the New Age. '
Merete Demant Jakobsen (1952-2017) taught in Denmark, Britain, and Alaska. Having worked on shamanism in ethnography and literature for her Danish degrees, she completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford in anthropology. She was researching negative spiritual experiences at the Religious Experience Research Centre, Westminster College, Oxford.
Author: Merete Demant Jakobsen
Format: Hardback, 290 pages, 140mm x 216mm, 454 g
Published: 1999, Berghahn Books, Incorporated, United States
Genre: Sociology & Anthropology: Professional
Pristine shamanism in Greenland is examined and the ambivalent nature of the shaman and the spirit world in the tough Arctic environment is then contrasted with the more benign attitude to shamanism in the New Age. '
Merete Demant Jakobsen (1952-2017) taught in Denmark, Britain, and Alaska. Having worked on shamanism in ethnography and literature for her Danish degrees, she completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford in anthropology. She was researching negative spiritual experiences at the Religious Experience Research Centre, Westminster College, Oxford.