Product Description

Here is an exciting, innovative study of ancient European religious practice and practitioners.The Aldhouse-Greensâ entertaining and informative book represents a search, a voyage of discovery in which evidence is sought that there were individuals living in Europe from the Stone Age to the early post-Roman period who believed they were able to liaise with the spirit-world through the medium of trance and who perceived themselves to be part-human and part-animal. The authors support their argument with diverse and rich evidence, including the 30,000-year-old lion-human ivory figurines found in south-western Germany, which may represent monsters seen by shamans in altered states of consciousness; the newly discovered and spectacular Nebra sky-disc, which depicts the sun, moon and the Pleiades, indicating that Bronze Age shamans were using highly sophisticated objects to explore the heavens; and the âDoctorâs Graveâ from southeast England, which suggests that a Late Iron Age chieftain, who may have been a shaman, was sent to the Otherworld equipped with hallucinogens, medical kit and divining tools.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262061 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

About the Author
Miranda Aldhouse-Green has written numerous books, including Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend and Exploring the World of the Druids. Among Stephen Aldhouse-Green's previous publications are Pontnewydd Cave and Paviland Cave and the 'Red Lady'.