Dynamics of Communicative Practices in Siberian Neo-Shamanism
Sibirica December 1, 2023 Yana S. Ivashchenko, Andrei A. Ivanov
Abstract This paper presents an analysis of how neo-shamanic communicative practices have evolved in Siberia and the Russian Far East over the last four decades. We identify three social cultural factors that have facilitated the spread of neo-shamanism: the ideological vacuum left by the collapse of the Soviet system; foreign missionaries and their work; and ethnic revival. We discern three...