The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity
A Cognitive Anthropological Perspective
By (author) H. Sidky
Publication date:
30 May 2019Length of book:
254 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksDimensions:
220x153mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781498551915
In The Origins of Shamanism, Spirit Beliefs, and Religiosity, H. Sidky examines shamanism as an ancient magico-religious, divinatory, medical, and psychotherapeutic tradition found in various parts of the world. Sidky uses first-hand ethnographic fieldwork and scientific theoretical work in archaeology, cognitive and evolutionary psychology, and neurotheology to explore the origins of shamanism, spirit beliefs, the evolution of human consciousness, and the origins of ritual behavior and religiosity.
A masterful and much needed consideration of shamanism drawing on the latest findings in the cognitive sciences. Outstanding.