Chamanismo: La Vía de la Mente Nativa Contributor(s): Almendro, Manuel (Author), Amaringo, Pablo (Prologue by) |
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ISBN: 8472456838 ISBN-13: 9788472456839 Publisher: Editorial Kairos
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Language: Spanish Published: September 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Body, Mind & Spirit | Shamanism |
Dewey: 306 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.8" L (0.40 lbs) 176 pages |
Themes: - Topical - New Age |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: In two parts, this concise and convivial exploration explains what shamanism entails, describes who shaman are and what they do, and chronicles the various contributions of shamanism to psychology, spirituality, and medicine. It goes on to provide an introduction to the shamanistic vision through firsthand accounts of the author s own travels throughout various regions of Latin America. It also investigates the possible connections between shamanism and depth psychologythe psychoanalytic approach to therapy and research that takes the unconscious into accountwith which it shares various assumptions and techniques. What emerges is a thoroughly profound picture of a way of thought that proposes a genuine integration among human beings, nature, and the cosmos and that offers answers to crises, pain, sickness, and death."En dos partes, esta "exploracion"concisa y amena explica que es el chamanismo, quienes son y que hacen los chamanes, y describe las diversas aportaciones del chamanismo, tanto para la psicologia y la espiritualidad como para la medicina. Luego provee una introduccion a la vision chamanica a traves de relatos de primera mano de los viajes del autor mismo en diferentes regiones de America Latina. Tambien indaga en los posibles puentes entre el chamanismo y la psicologia profundael enfoque psicoanalitico a la terapia y la investigacion que toma en cuenta el inconscientecon la que comparte varios supuestos y tecnicas. Lo que resulta es una profunda imagen de un modo de pensamiento que propugna una genuina integracion entre el ser humano, la naturaleza y el cosmos y que ofrece respuestas a las situaciones de crisis, dolor, enfermedad y muerte."" |
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