Where the Spirits Ride the Wind

Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, New Age
Cover of the book Where the Spirits Ride the Wind by Felicitas D. Goodman, Gerhard Binder, Indiana University Press
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Author: Felicitas D. Goodman, Gerhard Binder ISBN: 9780253014641
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: August 22, 1990
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Felicitas D. Goodman, Gerhard Binder
ISBN: 9780253014641
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: August 22, 1990
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures." —Theological Book Review

... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis—that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states." —Shaman’s Drum

This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman." —Yoga Journal

And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave... For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind." —from the Prologue

Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences.

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The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures." —Theological Book Review

... a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis—that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states." —Shaman’s Drum

This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman." —Yoga Journal

And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave... For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind." —from the Prologue

Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences.

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