Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy (Bollinger Series, No. 76) by Mircea Eliade ISBN 13: 9780691017792

Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. Good.

Bollingen, 1972. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good, slight yellowing of pages, with minor s.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974. Second Printing. Paperback. pp. xxiii, 610. 8vo. Light shelfwear, ink name and phone number to inside front cover, highlighting to first 30 or so pages; very good-. Bollinger Series, No. 76

Princeton University Press, 1974. 2nd printing. Bollingen Series LXXVI. 610 pp. Spine and wrapper edges sunned, wrappers handled and edgeworn, rear wrapper corner and last several page corners creased, page edges tanned, underlining/marks on a few pages only. Size: 8vo. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good/N/A.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Purple wraps. 8vo, 610pp.

Princeton Univ Pr, 1974. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 610 pages, contents include: Bestowal of shamanic powers, Recruiting of shamans in western and central Siberia, among the Tungus, the Buryat and Altaians, Initiation of Eskimo Shamans, Obtaining shamanic powers, Costume and drum, functions, Magical cures, Cosmology, Rituals, Healing, Techniques among the Semang, Sakai, Jakun, Andaman Islands, Nicobar, Mayasia, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes, etc.

Princeton:: Princeton University Press,. Very Good. 1974. Paperback. 0691017794 . Bollingen Series LXXVI. Translated from the French by Willard R. Trask. Second paperback printing. Faded along the spine, else very good in printed wraps. .

Princeton University Press, 1974 610pp. Translation by Willard R. Trask. Wraps have light edge wear. Tips are rubbed. Spine heel is bumped. Top tip of rear wrap and a portion of the top tip of text block is bumped, causing varying degrees of creasing. Wraps and edges of text block have light scratches. Lower edge of text block has scuffs and light soiling. Lower edge of rear wrap has a 3" crease, causing light creases to the last 20 pages. Text block has a few tiny stains. . Twelfth Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

Bollingen. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1974. Second Printing. Paperback. 0691017794 . Cover is edgeworn and sunned. ; 8.5" tall; 630 pages .

Princeton University Press. Very Good. 1974. Second Printing. paperback. 0691017794 . Covers worn; The first to treat shamanism in a comprehensive way, synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology and ethnology. ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 "; 610 pages; We have another copy @$25 in General Folklore (better condition) .

Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. Good.

Princeton University Press, 1972. pbk 610pp covers slightly shelfworn appears unused excellent clean tight text almost as new

Princeton New Jersey: Princeton University Press. Fine. 1974. Paperback. 0691017794 . First published in French in 1951, then revised and augmented, the book has become the standard work on the subject and justifies its claim to be the first book to study the phenomenon over a wide field and in a properly religious context. 610 pages. Translated by Willard R. Trask. Bollingen Series LXXVI; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2"; 610 pages .

Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

U.S.A.: Princeton University Press (Bollingen Series LXXVI), 1974 Bibliography, Index. « Second printing thus in the Princeton Bollingen paperback series, originally published in French (1951); this edition revised and enlarged. An authoritative study of Shamanism as a religion, providing a clear definition of techniques, mythologies and ideology. Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine… Read More

Princeton University Press, 1972-05-01. Paperback. Good. used copy, some wear to covers, tanning to pages, no markings, . .