Originally published in 1982, The Shaman and the Magician draws on the author's wide experience of occultism, western magic and anthropological knowledge of shamanism, to explore the interesting parallels between traditional shamanism and the more visionary aspects of magic in modern western society. In both cases, as the author shows, the magician encounters profound god-energies of the spirit, and it is up to the individual to interpret these experiences in psychological or mythological terms. The book demonstrates that both shamanism and magic offer techniques of approaching the visionary sources of our culture.
- ISBN10 0140190562
- ISBN13 9780140190564
- Publish Date 27 September 1990 (first published May 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 December 1996
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Arkana
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English