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Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

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Shamanism within a general theory of religious action (no cheesecake needed).

Behavioral and Brain Sciences January 2018 Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

Singh places the understanding of shamanism within the cognitive/evolutionary psychology of religion but is then sidetracked by presenting unhelpful analogies. The concepts of "superstition" as a general term for religious rituals and of "superstitious learning" as a mechanism accounting for the creation of rituals in humans reflect an underestimation of the human imagination, which is guided...