Writing the Book of Shamanism: Eliade, Traditionalism, and Quest for Archaic

Andrei Znamenski seminar talk at L'École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, June 8, 2016. He discusses traditionalism as a philosophy that inspired Mircea Eliade to write his book on Shamanism. Znamenski also addresses the expansion of the shamanism metaphor in Western humanities and nature communities. For more on this topic, read his article "Quest for Primal Knowledge: Mircea Eliade, Traditionalism, and 'Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy'"