Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies
December 23, 2022
Meghan Tierney
Many scholars assume that the ancient Nasca practiced a form of shamanism on the south coast of present-day Peru (c. 1–750 CE). Typically, the identification of entheogens and shaman figures as subject matter in the vast corpus of Nasca polychrome ceramics supports those claims; however, visual analysis of the vessel forms and images reveals further evidence of a deeper understanding of...
Religions
December 22, 2022
Michał Tadeusz Najman
2 citations
The function of the law in shaping social values is exposed in the article. Thispaper considers whether certain practices penalised in the surveyed countries (carrying our rituals with the use of human remains) could be classified as intangible cultural heritage and, thus, whether these practices should be legally protected. The main conclusion of the analysis is the statement that criminal law...
Religions
December 14, 2022
Carolina Ivanescu, Nienke Groskamp
1 citation
Birds of prey appear frequently in contemporary forms of shamanism. For example, Michael Harner’s Core Shamanism references the ‘power animal,’ or the authentic self, which sometimes takes the form of a strong and benevolent eagle. However, precisely how meaning and belief concerning these birds may have been lost, challenged or (re)invented remains to be explored. In this contribution, we have...
Вестник антропологии
December 6, 2022
V. I. Kharitonova
1 citation
В статье речь идет об отдельных практиках (нео)шаманизма, распространенных в XXI в., на фоне характеристики общей ситуации с «возрождением шаманизма» в конце ХХ — начале XXI вв. Национально‑культурное возрождение постсоветского периода трансформировало шаманизм, сменив его форму бытования с индивидуальной на коллективную, — с акцентом на духовном целительстве, с одной стороны, и на религиозной...
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
December 5, 2022
Arne Bohn, Michiel H. H. Kiggen, Malin V. Uthaug et al.
10 citations
San Pedro, a mescaline containing cactus, has been used for thousands of years and is currently popular as a psychedelic substance in ceremonial retreats in Europe. The current research investigates the consciousness altering effects of San Pedro. Forty-two participants who joined ceremonial psychedelic retreats in the Netherlands were investigated with questionnaires probing 11 dimensions of...
Philology. Theory & Practice
November 30, 2022
Alexander Nikolaevich Varlamov
The paper aims to determine the specifics of Evenki anthroponymic traditions associated with shamanism. The study is novel in that it is the first to consider the shamanic anthroponymicon of the Evenki in the plots about shamans of various genres of Evenki folklore and historical documents. On the basis of the shamanic vocabulary of various groups of the Evenki published in the editions of...
Studia Mythologica Slavica
November 23, 2022
Zmago Šmitek
1 citation
Are there elements of shamanism in Slovenian folklore tradition, or is it more adequate to use terms like spirit possession or ecstasy? The author’s conclusion, which is based Slovenian data and on comparative literature, is that it is difficult to differentiate these terms in practice. He also explains the possible original meaning of the names kresnik and vedomec.
International Journal of Integrated Medical Research
November 15, 2022
Patricio Trujillo Montalvo
The use of sacred plants with high hallucinogenic power characterizes one of the forms identities of the peoples of the Amazon. The imaginaries about disease and death processes are seen as an internal rupture, product of magical agents, generally related to arrows that are sent by enemies and that cause contamination that produces ills or damages in the body. The shaman, turned into a...
Process Studies
November 1, 2022
Alessandro Gonçalves Campolina
Abstract Alfred North Whitehead famously compares the philosophical method of knowledge acquisition with the process of flying an airplane. Likewise, “shamanic flight” marks stages of cognitive processing in navigation through perceptible and imperceptible worlds. This article focuses on the cosmovision of the Amazon people Huni Kuin, the Whiteheadian method of imaginative rationalization, and...
Journal of contemporary Islamic studies
November 1, 2022
Khairulnazrin Nasir, Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Muhammad Adam Abd. Azid et al.
Shamanism is a term in anthropology that refers to activities related to charmers, shamans, and witchcraft. Shamanism is a form of belief and practice performed by individuals who are considered to have power and influence over supernatural elements and supernatural beings. Ethnicities and races in this country also have various beliefs and practices of shamanism, including indigenous...
ECAH Official Conference Proceedings
September 25, 2022
Hang Sun, Eunyoung Kim
Shamanism is a primal shape that transcends ordinary consciousness as a cross-cultural phenomenon. From the universal analysis of Shamanism. During the process of religious rituals, shamans use visual elements, such as costumes and masks, to form a spatially based graphic narrative relationship that generates an experience of sacred perception. However, the study of shamanic rituals has focused...
Religions
September 22, 2022
Xiaoli Jiang
With the Qing armies marching into Beijing through the Shanhai Pass, the Manchu bannermen under the Eight Banners system saw great changes in their everyday lives. However, they continued with the practice of shamanic sacrifices. This paper analyzes the “Sacred Books”, genealogies, and other historical materials about shamanic rituals, to place shamanism in the lives of the bannermen of the...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
September 21, 2022
Thais Guimarães Bourscheid, Leonardo Corrêa Cardoso, Marcelo Henrique Nascimento Santana et al.
3 citations
Abstract Snuff is a fine aromatic powder composed of dried and thin leaves combined with tobacco, roots, peels, and seeds. Its use for indigenous religious purposes has appeared since pre-Columbian period in various localities of American continent. Practice is considered sacred in indigenous culture and suffered from trivialization of consumption due to influence of colonizers, which triggered...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
September 2, 2022
Ismael Apud, Juan Scuro, Ignacio Carrera et al.
6 citations
Abstract Background Ayahuasca's psychological and subjective effects were compared in rituals of two neoshamanic groups in Uruguay. Aims Compare, describe and analyze psychological effects and subjective experiences of ayahuasca ceremonies in two different groups: a psychospiritual holistic center, and a center specialized in substance use disorder's treatment. Methods A mixed...
Anthropology of Consciousness
September 1, 2022
Mat Keel
3 citations
Abstract This paper argues for reorienting our investigation of the psychedelic zeitgeist towards the longitudinal history of psychedelia with a committed attention to its relationship to colonialism. It demonstrates that clinical psychedelic medicine appears to sustain the reproduction of modern colonial whiteness in line with Elizabeth Povinelli’s theorization of late liberalism. It also...
Journal of public health
August 25, 2022
Virgilio A Rivas
There can be no doubt that tourism has contributed to the popular understanding of folk Christianity, including shamanistic practices that, since colonial times, have formed part of the dominant Filipino faith. However, faced with the pandemic, the island's co-existence with tourism risks losing vital economic lifeblood through commerce-driven spaces for cultural exchange and the psycho-noetic...
Anthropology of Consciousness
August 14, 2022
Jesús M. González Mariscal, Paulina E. Sosa‐cortés
8 citations
ABSTRACT The "people of knowledge" of traditional Mazatec medicine have preserved until today the ritual use of psilocybin mushrooms as part of their health care systems. The renewed interest in the effect of psilocybin on human consciousness for both therapeutic and recreational purposes usually obviates the historical and cultural background of indigenous peoples, as well as the legitimation...
Anthropology of Consciousness
August 9, 2022
Margit Anne Petersen, Sarah Feldes, Victor Cova
7 citations
Abstract This article addresses the sacredness of Ayahuasca from the perspective of the global shamanic vocation. If encounters with Ayahuasca are said to revitalize forms of sacredness in contemporary societies, this is perhaps clearest in cases where individuals understand themselves to be called to lead ceremonies. Recognizing the global scale of Ayahuasca shamanism, we compare facilitators...
Anthropology of Consciousness
August 9, 2022
Antonella Fagetti, Roberto E. Mercadillo
10 citations
Abstract We present the set and setting of the velada , the Mazatec ritual of divination and healing. We highlight the subjective experiences of individuals who consumed sacred mushrooms and interpret them from their cultural and community contexts, but also from findings derived from experimental and neuroscientific research. We understand that the experiences connected to sacred mushrooms can...
August 5, 2022
Harry T. Hunt
4 citations
Extending this series of papers on a futural spirituality, and considering the numinous as an inherent human capacity for an awe that confers a sense of all-inclusive meaning, communality, and humility, the question arises whether, in the face of a secularization of traditional world religions, globalization of a techno/capitalist economy of perpetual commodification of planet and person, and a...