Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Why We Think We Know about Shamans 1. The Creation of Siberia 2. The Creation of Siberians 3. The Transformation of Siberians 4. The Records of Shamanism Part Two: What We Think We Know about Shamans 5. What Shamans Did 6. Shamanic Cosmologies 7. Shamanic Apprenticeship and Equipment 8. Shamanic Performance 9 Knots and Loose Ends Part Three: Siberia in the Shamanic World 10. The Discovery of a Shamanic World 11. The Discovery of a Shamanic Past 12. The Discovery of a Shamanic Future Notes Bibliography Index

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A challenging book by one of the world's leading authorities on Paganism.

About the Author

RONALD HUTTON is Professor of History at Bristol University, UK.