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M. Balzer

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Shamans Emerging From Repression in Siberia: Lightning Rods of Fear and Hope

October 24, 2016 M. Balzer

To honor the broad ranging legacy of Åke Hultkranz, this article focuses on the changing social and political ramifications of indigenous people’s spiritual revitalization in Siberia. My approach balances Hultkrantz’s sensitivity to commonalities of shamanism throughout the circumpolar North with attention to more specific aspects of shamanistic practices and beliefs in Far Eastern Siberia,...