Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism

Provides a clear and accessible guide to the many different North Asian shamanic traditions, past and present.

What is shamanism? Where is it from? How does one become a shaman? What are the requirements to become one? Anthropologists tell us that the word shaman derives from the Tungus language and traditions, but few people understand the full scope of what that means. In his groundbreaking book, Spirit Voices, David Shi answers all these questions and more.

Drawing upon his own ancestra...