Calling the bear spirit : ancient shamanic invocations and working songs from Tuva

In Tuva, Southern Siberia, the bear is a sacred being. Khayikan, the bear deity, once the ninth heaven to create mankind. There are few places on Earth that are so closely linked to the ancient past as Tuva. In this region shamans have been working with the same methods in an almost unbroken tradition. They call and communicate with their spirits through algyshes, i.e. songs or invocations performed during rituals. In this book you will find a Collection of these songs with roots in times untouc ...