Thierry Zarcone is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, based at the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has held visiting professorships at Kyoto and Fribourg, Switzerland, and is an expert on Islamic Studies and the history of systems of thought in the Turko-Iranian region.

• ContentsList of FiguresList of Colour FiguresAcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionVladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937-1998) : A Pioneer of the Study of 'Islamised Shamanism' Part 1 : Islamised Shamanism in Central AsiaContextual Variations of Shamanic 'Healing' in South Siberia: From 'Obtaining Luck' to Relieving Misfortune Healing in Central Asia: Syncretism and Acculturation Religious Traditions among the Kazakhs and the KirghizsMuslim Shamans in Kazakhstan Interrelation to the Invisible in KirghizistanTwo Indigenous Healing Methods among Iranian Turkmen Shamans in Afghanistan? Part 2: From Central Asia to the Rest of the Muslim World 8. The People of the Air: Healing and Spirit Possession in South Iran9. Shamanism in Turkey: Bards, Masters of the Jinns and Healers10. The Bektashi-Alevi 'Dance of the Crane' in Turkey: A Shamanic Heritage? 11. Dreaming in the practice of African Marabouts in Paris 12. Healing among Traditional Practitioners of the Algerian Sahara Part 3: Islamised Shamanism and Other Religions 13. Shamanism among the Gypsies of Southeastern Europe 14. Spirit Healing in a Hindu/Muslim Area: Shadow Theatre in Java and Bali Notes Index

Thierry Zarcone is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, based at the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has held visiting professorships at Kyoto and Fribourg, Switzerland, and is an expert on Islamic Studies and the history of systems of thought in the Turko-Iranian region.

• ContentsList of FiguresList of Colour FiguresAcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionVladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937-1998) : A Pioneer of the Study of 'Islamised Shamanism' Part 1 : Islamised Shamanism in Central AsiaContextual Variations of Shamanic 'Healing' in South Siberia: From 'Obtaining Luck' to Relieving Misfortune Healing in Central Asia: Syncretism and Acculturation Religious Traditions among the Kazakhs and the KirghizsMuslim Shamans in Kazakhstan Interrelation to the Invisible in KirghizistanTwo Indigenous Healing Methods among Iranian Turkmen Shamans in Afghanistan? Part 2: From Central Asia to the Rest of the Muslim World 8. The People of the Air: Healing and Spirit Possession in South Iran9. Shamanism in Turkey: Bards, Masters of the Jinns and Healers10. The Bektashi-Alevi 'Dance of the Crane' in Turkey: A Shamanic Heritage? 11. Dreaming in the practice of African Marabouts in Paris 12. Healing among Traditional Practitioners of the Algerian Sahara Part 3: Islamised Shamanism and Other Religions 13. Shamanism among the Gypsies of Southeastern Europe 14. Spirit Healing in a Hindu/Muslim Area: Shadow Theatre in Java and Bali Notes Index

Thierry Zarcone is Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, based at the Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has held visiting professorships at Kyoto and Fribourg, Switzerland, and is an expert on Islamic Studies and the history of systems of thought in the Turko-Iranian region.

• ContentsList of FiguresList of Colour FiguresAcknowledgementsContributorsIntroductionVladimir Nikolaevich Basilov (1937-1998) : A Pioneer of the Study of 'Islamised Shamanism' Part 1 : Islamised Shamanism in Central AsiaContextual Variations of Shamanic 'Healing' in South Siberia: From 'Obtaining Luck' to Relieving Misfortune Healing in Central Asia: Syncretism and Acculturation Religious Traditions among the Kazakhs and the KirghizsMuslim Shamans in Kazakhstan Interrelation to the Invisible in KirghizistanTwo Indigenous Healing Methods among Iranian Turkmen Shamans in Afghanistan? Part 2: From Central Asia to the Rest of the Muslim World 8. The People of the Air: Healing and Spirit Possession in South Iran9. Shamanism in Turkey: Bards, Masters of the Jinns and Healers10. The Bektashi-Alevi 'Dance of the Crane' in Turkey: A Shamanic Heritage? 11. Dreaming in the practice of African Marabouts in Paris 12. Healing among Traditional Practitioners of the Algerian Sahara Part 3: Islamised Shamanism and Other Religions 13. Shamanism among the Gypsies of Southeastern Europe 14. Spirit Healing in a Hindu/Muslim Area: Shadow Theatre in Java and Bali Notes Index