The Making of a Shaman: A Comparative Study of Inuit, African, and Nepalese Shaman Initiation
According to the thinking of many societies, spiritual forces outside of ourselves exist. In our illnesses and breaks from normalcy, there then opens a space for something spiritual to “come through” to us. This is not a matter of mere belief, however; those who have had their lives transformed in this way insist they know…
