Klappentext For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences. Zusammenfassung ...reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrologueI. 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 SpiritsII. 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 EverlastingIII. Myths of the Eternal PresentIntroduction 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 MermaidsConclusion: THe Twlight of the SpiritsAppendix: Some Practical Points Notes Bibliography Index

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Felicitas D. Goodman

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

Inhalt

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