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An intimate account of an ancient shamanic ritual of Siberia • Illustrated with vivid, full-color photographs throughout • Details the many preparations and ritual objects as well as the struggles of the shamans to complete the ceremony successfully Near the radiant blue waters of Lake Baikal, in the lands where Mongolia, Siberia, and China meet, live the Buryats, an indigenous people little known to the Western world. After seventy years of religious persecution by the Soviet government, they can now pursue their traditional spiritual practices, a unique blend of Tibetan Buddhism and shamanism. There are two distinct shamanic paths in the Buryat tradition: Black shamanism, which draws power from the earth, and White shamanism, which draws power from the sky. In the Buryat Aga region, Black and White shamans conduct rituals together, for the Buryats believe that they are the children of the Swan Mother, descendants of heaven who can unite both sides in harmony. Providing an intimate account of one of the Buryats' most important shamanic rituals, this book documents a complete Shanar , the ceremony in which a new shaman first contacts his ancestral spirits and receives his power. T

Author

Virlana Tkacz, Sayan Zhambalov, Wanda Phipps, Alexander Khantaev, Itzhak Beery

Publisher

Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781620554319

Subjects

History, Science, Body Mind & Spirit