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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What happens when a civilization loses its rituals of passage This book is not a practical guide to shamanic techniques, nor a romanticized vision of Indigenous spirituality. Instead, it is an anthropological and philosophical exploration of the ritual structures that once oriented human existence within many Native North American traditions - and of what their progressive disappearance reveals about the modern world.Through themes such as the Vision Quest, the Sweat Lodge, the Sun Dance, healing rituals, symbolic language, dreams, animal allies, initiation, and the relational conception of the sacred, this work examines how ritual once functioned not merely as belief, but as a structure capable of transforming crisis into orientation and experience into responsibility.At the same time, the book confronts the historical fracture produced by colonization, forced assimilation, and the prohibition of Indigenous ceremonies, while critically examining contemporary neo-shamanism and the risks of spiritual appropriation detached from communal and cultural context.Moving beyond both exoticism and reductionism, Native North American Shamanism proposes a deeper question: What happens to individuals and societies when symbolic structures capable of guiding transformation disappear Combining anthropology, philosophy, symbolic analysis, and reflections on modernity, this work offers not rituals to imitate, but structures to understand.Because without form, transformation becomes fragmentation.Without return, no crossing is complete.Originally published in Italian, this international English edition preserves the conceptual structure and philosophical voice of the original work while adapting it for an international readership.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it mean to cross the boundary between the visible and the invisible Siberian Shamanism explores one of the oldest spiritual traditions in human history through an anthropological, symbolic, and philosophical perspective rooted in the cultures of Northern Asia.Far beyond stereotypes and romanticized interpretations, this book examines the cosmology, rituals, symbols, and worldview of the Siberian shamanic traditions developed among peoples such as the Evenki, Sakha (Yakuts), Buryats, Altai, and Tuvans.Through themes such as: - the journey between the three worlds, - the shamanic drum, - spirit allies and animal guides, - initiation and spiritual transformation, - healing rituals and soul retrieval, - death and the afterlife, - the cosmic tree and the structure of the universe, the book reveals how shamanism functioned not merely as belief, but as a relational system connecting human beings, nature, community, and invisible dimensions of existence.At the same time, the work critically explores the transformation of shamanic traditions in the modern world, distinguishing historical Siberian practices from contemporary neo-shamanic reinterpretations.Combining anthropology, symbolism, spirituality, and reflections on modernity, Siberian Shamanism does not offer techniques to imitate, but structures to understand.Because the journey between worlds may also reflect the human search for meaning itself.Originally published in Italian, this English edition preserves the philosophical depth and narrative atmosphere of the original work while adapting it for an international readership.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. What happens when a civilization loses its rituals of passage?This book is not a practical guide to shamanic techniques, nor a romanticized vision of Indigenous spirituality. Instead, it is an anthropological and philosophical exploration of the ritual structures that once oriented human existence within many Native North American traditions - and of what their progressive disappearance reveals about the modern world.Through themes such as the Vision Quest, the Sweat Lodge, the Sun Dance, healing rituals, symbolic language, dreams, animal allies, initiation, and the relational conception of the sacred, this work examines how ritual once functioned not merely as belief, but as a structure capable of transforming crisis into orientation and experience into responsibility.At the same time, the book confronts the historical fracture produced by colonization, forced assimilation, and the prohibition of Indigenous ceremonies, while critically examining contemporary neo-shamanism and the risks of spiritual appropriation detached from communal and cultural context.Moving beyond both exoticism and reductionism, Native North American Shamanism proposes a deeper question: What happens to individuals and societies when symbolic structures capable of guiding transformation disappear?Combining anthropology, philosophy, symbolic analysis, and reflections on modernity, this work offers not rituals to imitate, but structures to understand.Because without form, transformation becomes fragmentation.Without return, no crossing is complete.Originally published in Italian, this international English edition preserves the conceptual structure and philosophical voice of the original work while adapting it for an international readership. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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