Shamans Neo-Shamans: Ecstasies, Alternative Archaeologies and Contemporary Pagans

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
Preface    autoarchaeology: what have neo-Shamanisms got to do with me?......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction: a native at home    producing ethnographic fragments of neo-Shamanisms......Page 20
Towards an \'autoarchaeology\'......Page 21
Challenging the insider  outsider divide......Page 23
\'Alternative\' archaeologies and anthropologies......Page 28
Queering theory......Page 31
Autoarchaeology and post-processualism......Page 33
Post-colonial/neo-colonial concerns......Page 35
Autoarchaeological \'ethnographic fragments\'......Page 37
Multi-sited ethnography and neo-Shamanist pluralities......Page 41
\'White shamans\': sources for neo-Shamanisms......Page 43
Mircea Eliade: \'forefather\' of neo-Shamanisms......Page 54
Carlos Castaneda: literal or literary shaman?......Page 58
Michael Harner: disseminating \'core-shamanism\'......Page 64
Plastic medicine men? Appraising the \'Great Pretenders\'......Page 68
Decontextualising and universalising......Page 69
Individualising and psychologising......Page 77
Cultural primitivism and archaism......Page 80
Romanticism......Page 83
A \'Humpty Dumpty word\': seeing to \'extra pay\'......Page 86
Taliesin\'s trip, Wyrd Woden: Druid and Heathen neo-Shamans......Page 98
Celtic shamanism and Druidic shamans......Page 100
Ethnographic fragments: Philip \'Greywolf\' Shallcrass, a Druid shaman......Page 104
Heathenry and seidr......Page 109
Ethnographic fragments: Hrafnar community (San Francisco) seidr and possession......Page 112
Comments on the ethnographic fragments......Page 116
\'Celtic\' and \'Northern\' shamanisms? Contesting the past......Page 126
Academic approaches to Celtic shamanisms......Page 128
Neo-Shamanic interpretations of Celtic shamanisms......Page 132
Northern shamanisms......Page 143
Did Celtic and Northern shamanisms exist?......Page 156
\'Sacred\' sites? Neo-Shamans and prehistoric heritage......Page 161
Problematising the \'sacred\'......Page 162
Neo-Shamanic engagements with \'sacred\' sites......Page 165
Neo-Shamanic interpretations of \'sacred\' sites......Page 168
\'The temple of the nation\' aka \'that site\': Stonehenge......Page 172
Waking Neolithic ancestors: further controversies and \'reburial\'......Page 187
Hands-on resolutions......Page 191
Unpacking the preservation ethic......Page 194
Contests to the preservation ethic......Page 198
Buster and bulldozers: \'Seahenge\'......Page 199
A British reburial issue?......Page 207
Invading Anthros, thieving Archos, Wannabe Indians: academics, neo-Shamans and indigenous communities......Page 214
An \'Anthros\' dilemma......Page 217
The \'Wannabes\'......Page 219
Neo-Shamans and the capitalist ethic......Page 225
Native Americans, \'Anthros\' and \'Archos\'......Page 227
Ancient Pueblos and neo-Shamans......Page 233
Neo-Shamanic neo-colonialism?......Page 237
Conclusion: neo-Shamanisms in post-modernity......Page 246
Appendix: Resolution of the 5th Annual meeting of the Tradition Elders Circle and AIM resolution......Page 254
Notes......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 272
Index......Page 314