162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1982, The Shaman and the Magician draws on the author’s wide experience of occultism, western magic and anthropological knowledge of shamanism, to explore the interesting parallels between traditional shamanism and the more visionary aspects of magic in modern western society. In both cases, as the author shows, the magician encounters profound god-energies of the... Read more
Foreword, Michael Harner
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. The World of the Shaman
2. Shamanic Trance
3. Magical Symbols and Ceremonial
4. Techniques of Magical Trance
5. New Directions: From Atavistic Resurgence to the Inner Light
Postscript: Why the Shaman?
Appendix A: Shamanism, Magic and the Study of Consciousness
Appendix B: Major ‘Mythological Correspondence’ in Western Magic
Appendix C: Organisations and Groups
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Nevill Drury
