How Long to Read Redefining Shamanisms

How Long Does it Take to Read Redefining Shamanisms?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Redefining Shamanisms by David Gordon Wilson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Spiritualism and mediumship are often regarded as the product of lingering superstition in the Victorian era, and as having limited relevance in modern Anglo-American society. Scholarship to date which has considered Spiritualism as a distinct religious tradition has focussed on analysing the phenomenon in terms of spirit possession only. This volume analyses the development of shamanism (communication with the spiritual world) as a concept within North American English-speaking scholarship, with particular focus on Mircea Eliade's influential cross-cultural presentation of shamanism. By re-examining the work of Sergei Shirokogoroff, one of Eliade's principal sources, the traditional Evenki shamanic apprenticeship is compared and identified with the new Spiritualist apprenticeship. The author demonstrates that Spiritualism is best understood as a traditional shamanism, as distinct from contemporary appropriations or neo-shamanisms. He argues that shamanism is the outcome of an apprenticeship in the management of psychic experiences, and which follows the same pattern as that of the apprentice medium. In doing so, the author offers fresh insights into the mechanisms that are key to sustaining mediumship as a social institution.

How long is Redefining Shamanisms?

Redefining Shamanisms by David Gordon Wilson is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Redefining Shamanisms Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Redefining Shamanisms aloud.

What Reading Level is Redefining Shamanisms?

Redefining Shamanisms is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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