The Way of the Shaman

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Ten years have passed since the original edition of this book appeared. and they have been remarkable years indeed for the shamanic renaissance. Before then, shamanism was rapidly disappearing from the Planet as missionaries, colonists, governments, and commercial interests overwhelmed tribal peoples and their ancient cultures. During the last decade, however, shamanism has returned to human life with startling strength, even to urban strongholds of Western "civilization," such as New York and Vienna. This resurgence has come so subtly that most of the public is probably unaware that there is such a thing as shamanism. let alone conscious of its return. There is another public, however, rapidly-growing and now numbering in the thousands in the United States and abroad, that has taken up shamanism and made it a part of personal daily life. ISBN:9780062503732