Shamanism: psychopathology and psychotherapy
Religion, Brain & Behavior November 24, 2023 Ari Brouwer, Michael J. Winkelman, C. Raison 6 citations
ABSTRACT The cross-cultural practice of shamanism reflects an innate capacity for altered states of consciousness (ASC’s) that are elicited by stress, deliberately sought in shamanic rituals, and associated with psychopathology. Shamanic sickness, animal transformation, and death-rebirth experiences specifically resemble psychotic experiences. The triggers of shamanic and psychotic experiences...