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Ancient Traditions : Shamanism in Central title: Asia and the Americas author: Seaman, Gary publisher: University Press of Colorado isbn10 | asin: 0870813420 print isbn13: 9780870813429 ebook isbn13: 9780585003962 language: English subject Shamanism--Congresses. publication date: 1994 lcc: BL2370.S5A48 1994eb ddc: 291.1/4 subject: Shamanism--Congresses. Page iii Page iii Ancient Traditions Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas GARY SEAMAN AND JANE S. DAY EDITORS A joint publication of University Press of Colorado and Denver Museum of Natural History in cooperation with Ethnographics Press Center for Visual Anthropology University of Southern California Page iv Page iv Copyright © 1994 by the Denver Museum of Natural History Published by the University Press of Colorado P.O. Box 849 Niwot, Colorado 80544 Ancient Traditions: Shamanism in Central Asia and the Americas is based on the proceedings from "Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe," volume 4 of the Soviet-American academic symposia in conjunction with the museum exhibitions. The University Press is a cooperative enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ancient traditions : shamanism in central Asia and the Americas / Gary Seaman and Jane S. Day, editors. p. cm. "In cooperation with Ethnographic Press, Center for Visual Anthropology, University of Southern California." Papers from a symposium held at the Denver Museum of Natural History, June 1989. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87081-342-0 1. ShamanismCongresses. I. Seaman, Gary, 1942-. Day, Jane Stevenson. III. Denver Museum of Natural History. BL2370.S5A48 1994 291.1'4dc20 93-47593 CIP Cover illustration © 1994 Martin Prechtel Book design and composition by Cathy Holtz The paper used in this document meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.481984 Page v Page v Contents Contributors Preface Jane Stevenson Day 1. Introduction: An Overview of Shamanism Peter T. Furst 2. The Attributes and Power of the Shaman: A General Description of the Ecstatic Care of the Soul Lawrence E. Sullivan 3. The Cultural Significance of Tobacco Use in South America Johannes Wilbert 4. Walking on Two Legs: Shamanism in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala Robert S. Carlsen and Martin Prechtel 5. "The Mara'akáme Does and Undoes": Persistence and Change in 113 Huichol Shamanism Peter T. Furst 6. Peyote Religion 179 Omer C. Stewart 7. From Shaman to Medicine Man: Transformations of Shamanic 187 Roles and Styles in the Upper Great Lakes Region James A. Clifton 8. Shamanism in the Columbia-Fraser Plateau Region 211 Robert J. Theodoratus 9. The Dark Emperor: Central Asian Origins in Chinese Shamanism 227 Gary Seaman 10. Shamans in Traditional Tuvinian Society 245 Page vi Page vi Vera P. Diakonova 11. The Shaman Costume: Image and Myth 257 Larisa R. Pavlinskaya 12. The Horse in Yakut Shamanism 265 Vladimir Diachenko 13. Texts of Shamanistic Invocations From Central Aisa and 273 Kazakhstan Vladimir N. Basilov Appendix: Bibliography of Publications in Conjunction with the 293 Museum Exhibition "Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppes" Gary Seaman Index 301 Page vii Page vii Contributors Vladimir N. Basilov Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow. Robert S. Carlsen Research associate in the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 233, Boulder, CO 80309-0233. James A. Clifton Scholar in residence in the Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008. Vladimir Diachenko Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Vera P. Diakonova Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Peter T. Furst Professor of anthropology at the State University of New York in Albany, and research associate at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 206 Hyland Avenue, Devon, PA 19333. Larisa R. Pavlinskaya Institute of Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Martin Prechtel 3650 Cottonwood Lane, Berthoud, CO 80513. Gary Seaman Associate professor and chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0661. Omer C. Stewart (deceased) Professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
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