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Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America
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Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America Hardcover - 1997

by William S. Lyon (AUTHOR SIGNED)

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Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-CLIO, 1997 ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA. 1998. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Long personal inscription on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; foxing to textblock top. No DJ as published. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with blue and yellow lettering on the spine and front board. 486 pp 4to. This book is an authoritative account of the various shamanic powers that have been observed among the Native Americans of North America since the sixteenth century. Surveying aspects of Native American sacred ceremonies in Canada and all 50 of the United States, this book focuses on "medicine" ceremonies in which the power of the Creator is manifested for all to behold.
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  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2000, Page 149
  • Booklist, 03/15/1999, Page 1353
  • Library Journal, 03/01/1999, Page 74
  • School Library Journal, 05/01/1999, Page 154

About the author

William S. Lyon is professor of anthropology serving on the graduate faculty of the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, where he specializes in Native American religion. He is the author of several books for ABC-CLIO.

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