Felicitas D. Goodman

Where the Spirits Ride the Wind

Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences
Illustrator: Binder, Gerhard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

...reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states.

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Produktdetails

• Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780253205667
• ISBN-10: 0253205662
• Artikelnr.: 22366176

Autorenporträt

Felicitas D. Goodman

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
I. The Search for the Spirits
One: The Call of the Old People
Two: Getting in Touch with the Spirits: The First Discoveries
Three: The Old Ones Remember
Four: A New Path Opens
Five: The Way of the Spirits
II. The Postures and What They Have to Offer
Six: Going on a Spirit Journey
Seven: The Many Faces of Divination
Eight: The Gift of Healing
Nine: Female Powers of Healing
Ten: Changing Shape-The Shimmering Game
Eleven: Celebrations
Twelve: The Pit of Death and the Psychopomp
Thirteen: Life Everlasting
III. Myths of the Eternal Present
Introduction
The Emergence Story
Coyote Comes Calling
The Man of Cuautla
A Maya Whistle
The Story of Kats and His Bear Wife
The Spirits and the Wounded Tree of Life
In the Land of Centaurs and Mermaids
Conclusion: THe Twlight of the Spirits
Appendix: Some Practical Points
Notes
Bibliography
Index