WHERE THE SPIRITS RIDE THE WIND : Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences

Goodman, Felicitas D.

ISBN 10: 0253205662 / ISBN 13: 9780253205667

Published by Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, IN, 1990

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Paperback. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG; w/light edge rubs, push to corner tips, faint creasing to lower front corner & upper back, and, slight bend to lower back corner pages from poor shelving. Documentation of trance experiences by Hungarian born anthropologist and expert in linguistic studies Dr. Felicitas Goodman (1914 - 2005) who studied the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" and the effects of body posture as well as sounds on trances.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WHERE THE SPIRITS RIDE THE WIND : Trance Journeys and Other Ecstatic Experiences
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, IN
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253205662
• ISBN 13: 9780253205667
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Gehard Binder (Illustrator)
• Edition: First Edition, 2nd Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued

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Synopsis

"The book is clearly written for the general reader and includes many descriptions of trance experiences. It may serve as a good introduction to the nature and appeal of the shamanic revival in modern Western cultures." ―Theological Book Review

" . . . a case study in experiential anthropology that offers a unique mix of autobiography, mythology, experiential research, and archaeological data to support a challenging thesis―that certain body postures may help induce specific trance states." ―Shaman's Drum

"This is a spellbinding and exceptionally readable book by an extraordinary woman." ―Yoga Journal

"And suddenly the understanding of my own vision washed over me like a mighty wave . . . For life or for death, I was committed to that mighty realm of which I was shown a brief reminder, the world where all was forever motion and emergence, that realm where the spirits ride the wind." ―from the Prologue

Goodman reexamines our notions of the nature of reality by studying the ritual postures of native art assumed by her subjects during trance states. For readers desiring to discover this world of ancient myths, she has included a practical guide on how to achieve such ecstatic experiences.