TAMANG SHAMANS
The Tamang are traditional shamans of Nepal. I thought it would be good to share some links which enlighten us about them, as they receive little media coverage, or at least it seems that way to me. J
Lost Paradise of the Tamang Shaman:
http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_05_01.pdf
Transcendence and Magical Powers:
http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1369&context=himalaya
Shamanism: An Expanded View of Reality (Larry G Peters)
Extract: The Tamang Shamans of Nepal http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DBaMkffOGwgC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&dq=tamang+shaman&source=bl&ots=od9xgx-xyK&sig=ZvTzPP0b6_eAk0OGTTtEGTmwqds&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I_T0UeyCOJLo7Aa_-4HYBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=tamang%20shaman&f=false
Link to book – available second-hand for a very low price: