An Assessment of Contextual Mediation in Trance States of Shamanic Journeys
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 1997 James Houran, Rense Lange, Michelle Crist-Houran
30 experiences of shamanic journeys derived from Harner (1990) were analyzed based on a recent coding scheme for contextual variables proposed by Lange, Houran, Harte, and Havens. Consistent with previous research, the experiential content of the trances was quite consistent with the content of the available contextual variables, and embedded cues in particular ( r = .68, p < .001). As...