Translation from French A.A. Vasilyeva, N.L. Sukhacheva. M.: Ladomir, 2014 - 552 p. ISBN 978-5В6218-523-2Format: PDF, DjVuQuality: scanned pages + text layerLanguage: Russian

Mircea Eliade’s monograph on shamanism, like his “Treatise on the History of Religions” (1949), is devoted to the search for the meaning of existence — overcoming “profane” time. The author contrasts it with his concept of hierophany - sacred, echoing the feeling of cosmic “Unity”. In part, this is an attempt to revise, perhaps even justify, one’s own experience of communion with profaned history, reflection on the renewal of personality through the experience of “suffering, death and resurrection,” which, according to the author, is the ultimate goal of “archaic techniques of ecstasy.” Performed for the present edition, the translation includes sections included in the first Russian-language collection of works by M. Eliade “Space and History” (1987). It is based on the author's text of the French edition of the book (1951) and takes into account the authorized English translation by V.R. Trask (2nd ed.: 1974). The translator's comments also reflect information about the latest research on shamanism. This edition clarifies many erroneous spellings of the original, which were preserved in all translations of the book, including in the first complete edition of “Shamanism...” in Russian (Kyiv, 1998 - translated from English). The introductory article provides a critical assessment the concept of hierophany developed by M. Eliade in the context of shamanistic beliefs and the history of religions that generalizes them.

CONTENTSΗ.L. Sukhachev. Ecstasy as an existential principle in the metaphysics of Eliade 5 PREFACE 37 Chapter I. GENERAL ASSESSMENTS. PRACTICE OF VOCATION. SHAMANISM AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 45Chapter P. DISEASES AND VISIONS AT INITIATION 67Chapter III. ACQUISITION OF THE SHAMANIC GIFT 92Chapter IV. INITIATION OF THE SHAMAN 121Chapter V. SYMBOLICS OF THE SHAMAN'S CLOTHING AND TAMBO 144Chapter VI. SHAMANISM IN CENTRAL AND NORTH ASIA 1661. Ascension to Heaven, descent to the Underworld 166Chapter VII. SHAMANISM IN CENTRAL AND NORTH ASIA 1912. Magical treatment. Shaman-psychopomp 191Chapter VIII. SHAMANISM and COSMOLOGY 222Chapter IX. NORTH AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN SHAMANISM 242Chapter X. SHAMANISM OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND OCEANIA 276Chapter XI. IDEOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES OF SHAMANISM AMONG THE INDO-EUROPEANS 303Chapter XII. SYMBOLICS AND TECHNIQUES OF SHAMANISM IN TIBET AND CHINA 336Chapter XIII. PARALLEL EXISTING MYTHS, SYMBOLS AND RITES 357

CONCLUSION 376 NOTES (Compiled by Sukhachev) 384 REFERENCES 449 ABBREVIATIONS OF NAMES OF PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS 476 INDEX OF ETHNONYMS (Compiled by A.Kh. Irfanov and N.A. Sukhachev) 478 NAME INDEX (Comp. A.Kh. Girfanov) 507INDEX OF MYTHOPOEICAL AND BIBLE CHARACTERS AND REALITIES (Compiled by A.KH. Girfanov) 525INDEX OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES (Compiled by Girfanov) 548