Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1 (6)

Real Shamans

7 (14)

Siberian Shamans, Then and Now

14 (2)

Siberian History and Shamans

16 (5)

Understanding Religion from an Anthropological Perspective

21 (16)

An Anthropological Perspective on Religion

21 (4)

``Religion'' from a Non-Western Perspective

25 (2)

An Anthropological View of Shamans

27 (2)

New Age Religions from an Anthropological View

29 (5)

Summary: What--in this context--is Religion?

34 (3)

The Idea of the Shaman

37 (10)

Armchair Scholars versus Field Researchers

40 (7)

Religion or Genes?

47 (10)

Shamans Everywhere?

57 (14)

Trance and Mysticism

58 (2)

Healing with Spirits

60 (2)

The King's Touch

62 (2)

Use of Drugs

64 (2)

Circumboreal (Northern Forests) Elements

66 (2)

Charisma

68 (1)

The Particular and the General

69 (2)

Shaman Painters?

71 (10)

Territorial Markers

75 (2)

Cave Art

77 (2)

Overview

79 (2)

Selling ``Shamanic Journeys''

81 (10)

Michael Harner's ``Way of the Shaman''

82 (3)

Neo-shamanism

85 (3)

The Problem with Selling Non-Western Spirituality

88 (3)

Deafening Silence

91 (12)

Civilization and Its Other

93 (5)

Finding Healing

98 (2)

Conclusion

100 (3)

Sources 103 (2)

References 105 (8)

Additional Readings 113 (4)

Index 117