Synopsis The book takes a fresh look at the yeti, the elusive snowman of the Himalayas.  Dr. Peters here aspires to establish the yeti as the spirit of the Himalayan Forest Shamans.  In his view, Evolution-minded researchers' hunt for 'missing-link' led to a scientific dead-end and the yeti who became associated with research fell into disrepute as a superstitious fallacy of the Himalayan natives.  "In other words," claims Dr. Peters, "the yeti appeared to be a superstition wed to spurious theory.  Consequently, the yeti academically became an abominable snowman."  Yeti is a living, current, popular mythology and a folkloric treasure whose origin the present book seeks to explore.  Tracing its history to the pre-Buddhist, fierce spirit of nature-mountain goddess and forest wild men of Bonpo shamanism in Tibet, Dr. Peters uncovers the hidden chapters of human history, evaluating the cross-cultural implications of religious practices, myths rituals, legends and scriptures.  The yeti, to sum up, is a sparkling piece of original research written with an objective to rehabilitate interest in the study of yeti as a spiritual teacher and initiator of shamans.