The paper explores Michael Harner's “basic shamanism” as a syncretic phenomenon in modern culture. Neo-shamanism is considered as a subculture or syncretic form of new religious consciousness that combines with elements of traditional cultures and elements of modern psychology and mysticism (esotericism) in modern popular culture. The article defines the problem of the emergence and development...
The purpose of the study is to reveal the phenomenon of "basic shamanism" (neo-Shamanism) in modern culture, founded by M. Harner. To determine the specifics of the development of neo-Shamanism and its significance in the spiritual life of society. The article discusses the transmission of knowledge of neo-Shamanism and its transformation through two neo-Shamanic schools ("Foundation for...