The Reawakening of Shamanism in the West1
By Bill Brunton © Shamanism, Fall/Winter 2003, Vol. 16, No. 2 Notes 1. This paper was originally presented in Seoul, Korea at a UNESCO conference in 1998. The thrust of this conference was to earmark shamanism as human cultural heritage worthy of preservation. 2. Townsend 1997. 3. Ellwood and Partin 1988. 4. Townsend 1988. 5. Harner 1980. 6. Townsend 1988. 7. Noel 1997. 8. Castaneda 1968. 9. See de Mille 1976; 1990 and Noel 1976; 1997. 10. Conton 1998. 11. Townsend 1998. 12. Conton 1998; Townsend 1998. 13. For a complete discussion of the distinctions between neo and core shamanism, and the eclectic nature of syncretism in the former, see Townsend 1998. 14. Townsend 1998. 15. See Townsend 1998. 16. Conton 1998. 17. Townsend 1988; 1998. 18. Harner 1986. 19. See also Townsend 1998. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. Harner 1990: xi-xiii. 23. See also Arensberg and Niehoff 1971. 24. See Gray 1992. 25. Lewis 1989. 26. See Harner 1996. 27. See Eshowsky 1998. 28. Harner 1998. References Cited Arensberg, Conrad M. and Arthur H. Niehoff Castaneda, Carlos Conton, Leslie de Mille, Richard 1990 The Don Juan Papers (ed.) (2 nd edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Ellwood, Robert S. and Harry B. Partin Eshowsky, Myron Gray, John Harner, Michael 1986 Open Letter to the Membership. Center for Shamanic Studies Newsletter. Summer Issue. 1990 The Way of the Shaman: Tenth Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: Harper and Row. 1996 “Shamanic Healing: We Are Not Alone.” Alternative Therapies 2 (3): 69-75. 1998 Address Given to Participants at the Tuvan Shamanism Workshop, Sonoma, California. Lewis, I. M. Noel, Daniel C. 1997 The Soul of Shamanism. New York: Continuum. Townsend, Joan B. 1997 “Globalization of Core and New-Shamanism.” Paper read at the Scientific Study of Religion meeting, San Diego, California, November 1997. 1998 Shamanic Spirituality: Core Shamanism and Neo-Shamanism in Contemporary Society. In Press.
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