The fourth part of FROM PRIMITIVES TO ZEN, this-volume presents the stories of the world's shamans and medicine men, prophets and founders of religion. Thespiritual techniques, mystical experiences, and religious beliefs collected here are evidence of the practice of religion, and of its vitality, in different times and places throughout history.
MIRCEA ELIADE is the recognized pioneer in the systematic study of the history of the world's religions. The author of numerous books, he is currently chairman of the Department of History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School.