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Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America
by William S. Lyon (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0874369339
- ISBN 13
- 9780874369335
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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€37.35€26.15
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015975
- Title
- Encyclopedia of Native American Shamanism: Sacred Ceremonies of North America
- Author
- William S. Lyon (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0874369339
- ISBN 13
- 9780874369335
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Native American healing, Native American Shamans, shamanic healing, Native American healers, Native American healing traditions, Native American healing techniques, shamanic ceremonies, shamanic objects, shamanic techniques, anthropology, ethnobotany, Nat
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tail
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