Tibetan Shamanism | Free Book
The violent treatment of shamans by the Buddhist lama has a long history in Tibet and neighboring Mongolia. At one point, shamans were burned at the stake. However, in the mountainous Himalayan terrain, especially in the difficult to reach areas geographically distant from the Buddhist monastic urban centers, shamans were respected and their work revered. Peters’s authoritative and meticulous research into the belief systems of these last surviving representatives of the shamanic traditions of the remote Himalayas preserves, in vivid detail, the techniques of ecstasy, described as pathways to the shamanic spiritual world.
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“A very interesting and important book by a major authority on
contemporary Tibetan shamanism and on shamanism in general. He
makes a contribution not just to shamanic studies, but to the
preservation of the threatened spiritual heritage of the Tibetans
themselves.”
— Michael Harner, PhD, author of The Way of the Shaman and Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality
“Larry Peters has devoted his life to studying Nepalese shamanism as
both an anthropologist and as a practitioner, and so writes with a
rare combination of deep personal experience and professional
expertise.”
—Roger Walsh MD, PhD, University of California, author of
The World of Shamanism
“Larry Peters has spent decades researching the healing practices in
Tibetan shamanism. Tibetan Shamanism: Ecstasy and Healing is an ethnography of shamanic healing and the transmutation of soul
in a Buddhist culture that ostensibly does not recognize the concept
of soul.”
—Sandra Ingerman, MA, author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self
and Walking in Light
“Larry Peters has an intimate knowledge of ecstatic healing methods
among Tibetans and Nepalese, and his book shows how close he is to the
shamans, and that he has an understanding of their reality made
possible by extended field stays. I met many of the people
Peters writes about during my stay in Nepal in 1970/’71 and meeting
them again in Tibetan Shamanism is a most welcome
experience.”
—Per-Arne Berglie, PhD, professor emeritus, History of Religions,
Stockholm University
“I’ve known Dr. Larry Peters’s deep work on the shamanic healing
practices of the Tibetan peoples for two decades. Professor
Peters’s experiential knowledge of this healing tradition makes this
book a must read for anyone interested in Tibetan shamanism or
shamanism in general.”
—Bhola Banstola, Nepalese Shaman, president and founder of Nepal
Shaman
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