Mongolian Chamanism - The first part of this book presents some of the shamans I worked with, their history, their practices, their beliefs, and describes how, as individuals, they adapted to the new context of freedom that post-communist Mongolia offered. The portraits presented shamans from the capital, Ulaanbaatar and its surroundings, Dornod and Hövsgöl, the three provinces in which I conducted my research. Not all the shamans encountered are mentioned because some life stories and especially practices are similar. These stories also show the sociological context of their activities: important role of the press, rivalries between Shamans, identity claims, marketing strategies, tourism… The background of the struggle of power between organizations is emerging. The renewal of Shamanism in Mongolia is not only a shamans area as individuals but represents issues that cultural organisations are fighting. The second part describes shamanic practices and the system that makes them possible. It is about astrology, rituals of evil repair, good fortune calls and rituals related to money, love, alcoholism and health. The presentation of what constitutes a shamanic landscape and the cult of the mountains allows you to take stock of the di! extensive entities and their interactions in shamanic cosmology. The third part deals with a more nation-oriented shamanism than the individual. The three Shamanic centres presented here introduce the idea of state shamanism, straight out of the golden age of the Mongol empire. We will see how this state shamanism associated with the worship of Yahweh Heaven and the worship of Chinggis Khan is ideologically rebuilt to serve nationalist speeches. The ethnographic style I chose to use enables me to locate my knowledge and its production in its context. The order of the chapters is practically chronological, following the course of my field and following the "l of my understanding of the phenomenon and events." I wanted to respect this process of clarification, which also made it clear to light the course of my own thought.