Bøker av Daniel Merkur

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1993.This study seeks to analyze shamanism and initiation from the perspective of shamans, rather than from the laity''s point of view. One of the aims of this research has been to get behind the shamans'' language in order to understand their experiences.

This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.